Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Tomorrow comes for those who fear itToday never ends for those who live it

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

No one could reach Amy Winehouse before it was too late. Can anyone reach Washington before it's too late? Both addicted - same fate?

My dissatisfaction with television as a medium has nothing to do with the audience or the fact that you don't require as much time to do it as you do a movie, but with its technical limitations.

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

I don't think actors ever retire, they just stop being asked to work.

The most powerful force in the human psyche is people's need for their words and actions to stay consistent with their IDENTITY - how we define ourselves.

The past is past, the future unformed. There is only the moment, and that is where he prefers to be.

If you get stuck to the committed path then... this wall has to be.. KNOCKED DOWN!!