People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

We think that time is changing, but that may not be true. Everything else is changing and time is standing still and watching.

Life's a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.

There is an Easter sense in which all things are made new in the risen Christ. A tiny gleam of this is reflected in all true art.

Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party To the church doth hie! Bell, thou soundest solemnly, When, on Sabbath morning, Fields deserted lie!

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.

The power of nature exists in its silence. Human words cannot encode the meaning because human language has access only to the shadow of meaning.

You need to treat your finances as a resource God has provided to fulfill your vision, not a tool to fill your life with luxuries

All suffering goes just as it came. So it is with the glories and tragedies of the world.

We do not need more laws . No country suffers from a shortage of laws. We need a new model .

I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.