Suffering ignites the spark of contact with the sublime and offers proof of humanity.

Beneath the violet pillar, in the vacuum before the roar of the cloud, there came a soft sound that might have been heard by those who listened closely: the gentle sigh of an idea unbound.

We need empathy, we need the eyes that still can weep.

Suffering itself is beloved: love and suffering are far closer to each other than love and pleasure.

We're so many, we're so hard to distinguish from each other, but we long to be distinguished.

Stay in these rooms for years and years, live on forever in a glorious museum.

The gun is mightier than the pen, was our true opinion, and the RPG is mightier still.

One man’s weakness is another man’s mercy.

Helplessness was the one true fountain of youth.

What makes 'The Lorax' such a powerful fable is partly its shamelessness. It pulls no punches it wears its teacher heart on its sleeve.

In 1805, the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, making their way across the West, were warned by American Indian tribes of grizzly bears' awesome strength.

I took a heavenly ride through our silenceI knew the moment had arrivedFor killing the past and coming back to life".

Promise me you'll never stop dreaming.

It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.

The only bad days as a writer are the ones when you are too cowardly or too lazy to sit down at the keyboard and give it everything you have.

Government has the power to help improve well-being

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walk into a bar. The barman looks at them and says: "Is this some kind of a joke?"

It's best that I hide my real personality. I cannot tell you what it is because I don't want to go to prison.

If you think you can, or if u think you can't.. Either way ur correct... It's the thinking that makes it so.

I always admire people who have passion.

The acting life is different than I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure than I thought it would be.