Not only does the wind of accidents stir me according to its blowing, but I am also stirred and troubled by the instability of my attitude.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

A metamorphosis... The shining butterfly of the soul from the pupa of the body. Larva, pupa, imago. An image of art.

A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.

Darwinian evolution has obviously not had enough time to work.

What is wrong with you people?

I'm not happy, frankly. Because I think in a civil society we don't need firearms.

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

Who dares to be intellectual in the presence of death?

The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.

My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.