It was painful to have him so near, yet beyond my reach.

I do not know why sorrows come and burning teardrops fall

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait point. French. Pascal. The heart has its reasons, whereof reason knows nothing.

When the time comes for you to leave this earth, if it doesn’t become a lesser place with your absence, then you have wasted your life.

Real charity and a real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.

You mustn't be so afraid of life - it's all we've got. Don't let it hurt you so much.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

Memories are less tangible than dreams.

It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

God has taken four guys that look like five miles of muddy road and made them famous in the TV world.