The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

I must turn myself around so that I am viewing life as my prospects see it. Only then can I start addressing their issues, help to prevent their pain, and advise on solutions to their problems.

To each his own. A billion Buddhas. A billion streams of wisdom. All smiling in their anguish.

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice.

I've been around so long and no matter if I've done good things or bad things, or my personal life has been good or bad, the fans have always stuck with me.

You're Mexican until you make money and then you're Spanish.

I like to be glamorous so I love the clothing and the big entrances. It needs to be spectacular!

A winner is just someone who doesn't give up when they lose.

One who preserves all the exterior decencies of ignorance.