The development of the faculty of attention forms the real object and almost the sole interest of studies.

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.

As cities grow and technology takes over the world belief and imagination fade away and so do we.

I'm not crazy or dangerous, just a bit eccentric and lonely.

If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters - 204 if you're in Japan.

This absurd, godless world is, then, peopled with men who think clearly and have ceased to hope. And I have not yet spoken of the most absurd character, who is the creator.

All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.

I'm one of these people that if I have a nice holiday - like I have had in Turkey repeatedly - I go back a lot.

I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.

It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.

Donald Trump is not a protectionist. If he imposes tariffs on China or any other country that cheats, all he wants to do is defend America against unfair trade practices.

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