Success is not fame or money or the power to bewitch. it is to have created something valuable from your own individuality and skill a garden, an embroidery, a painting, a cake, a life.

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost.

You can kid the world, but not your sister.

I will protect you until you are grown and then I will let you fly free, but loving you, that is for always.

Children and mothers never truly part--Bound in the beating of each other's hearts.

We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school.

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote.

Any cat that misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.

Small child once you were a hope, a dream. Now you are a reality. Changing all that is to come. A love to hold our hearts forever.

Love yourself first in order to endlessly love others.

Greatness unfolds beyond your comfort zone.

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

The old man laid a withered, spotted hand on his shoulder. "It hurts, boy," he said softly. "Oh, yes. Choosing . . . it has always hurt. And always will. I know.

I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre.

The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.

You don't stay the hottest guy forever unless you're, um, Dionysus.

I am only interested in money because everyone else is.

Where you live in the United States shouldn't determine how long and how healthy you live - but it does, far more than it should.

Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted.