More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.

It was more real than anything she’d ever imagined, and she clung to that in the same way that the sky clung to the earth.

Lay down an unforgiving spirit, because there'll be no peace until you do.

Besides, I don’t understand people who read a book for pleasure and then ruminate on the book’s ideas. Paper was invented so we wouldn’t have to keep all those thoughts in our heads.

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at.

I've been in love with you since the very beginning. You asked why there isn't anyone else in my life, and the reason... is you" - J.D.

There are two types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.

Paths that cross will cross again