Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Don’t rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

I really think one of the greatest allies you can have is the imagination of your audience.

The deepest and most enduring happiness is found only in God. Not from God, but in God.

Each of us has our own destiny. Mine is to be an actor.

For any single thing you can do, there is one person who is best in the world. Usually it is Mike Caro.

The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy.

I attribute being a good center fielder to many things, but being outside with friends as a kid, running around and racing, that was a big part of it.