Only when you decide to truly live can you be free of your fears, and only when you are free of your fears can you truly live.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.

We were all born of flesh, in a flare of pain. We do not remember the red roots whence we rose, but we know that we rose and walked, that after a while we shall lie down again.

Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death.

America is a great place, speech is free and you're able to expose the fact that you're an idiot.

The Japanese are hard to figure out.

I am here to make you think. . . . I am not here to make pretty pictures!

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.

I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character, and actors really love to discuss that too.

I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.