Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

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.

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.

Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy

Women are attracted to bad boys not because they want to fall in love… we just want to ride on the backs of their motor bikes.

Of course I think of the past and of Paris, what else is there to remember?

I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down.

He's into you, isn't he. Answer the question, Marissa. Flyboy with the superhero plasma... he wants you, doesn't he?" -Butch and Marissa

Maybe happiness was an hourglass already running out, the grains tipping, sifting past each other. Maybe it was a state of mind.

Party spirit enlists a man's virtues in the cause of his vices.

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.

Don't start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it's yours.