Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

Find your niche and occupy it.

Don't hang with negative people. They will pull you down with them. Instead, invite them into your light and together you will both shine strong.

We should say nothing that we would not wish to say in His Presence. We should do nothing that we would not do in His Presence.

When she told me her age I believed her - why not? she hasn't changed her story for five years.

I think, therefore I laugh.

I can always tell if someone's from Harvard because they trot out their vitae. I would die at Harvard.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.

I am not in the giving vein today.