The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

The great novels are deterrents. A Merck's manual on how not to live.

Every garden looks beautiful in May.' Meaning: Everyone is somewhat attractive when she's young.

If you gave kids peas that didn't look like peas and said they were a space shuttle, they're much more apt to eat them because it's now playtime.

It doesn't matter how many people I've killed. What matters is how I get along with the people who are still alive.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

It's always weird the thought of taking your clothes off in front of 20 people and then to have it projected in front of many more.

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about.

There is really no insurmountable barrier save your own inherent weakness of purpose.

You have to like yourself before you can do anything!

Some people go to bed at night thinking, 'That was a good day.' I am one of those who worries and asks, 'How did I screw up today?'