The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

Wisdom is hard to get but hardest to lose if once obtained.

It didn't take a synthetic mind to decipher Caleb Shepperd, just a human one." ~ #1001

If that’s what you’re willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you love?

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are moving.

I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to people.

Everyone leaves the world a little better some by leaving.

(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.

What humans do when they're desperate is just an expression of fear. What they do when they feel safe is a better indication of whether or not you can trust them.

Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

There's not really much destruction in New York besides the weather and it's a natural force so it's not like any destruction. But LA gets leveled (laughs). That's my comment to Hollywood.