People don't get gentler as they get older but rather, harder.

Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies.

The Chicken Soup for the Soul books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches.

I must be the mate of the man I had chosen; and if he would not come to my level, I must go to his.

My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.

Habit is, of all the plants of human growth, the one that has the least need of nutritious soil in order to live, and is the first to appear on the most seemingly barren rock.

I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.

I do what many dream of, all their lives

I think the need to go on stage speaks to some sort of a profound psychological deficit, but something that happened when you were a kid. Or something your parents did.