The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

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.

I had to put my kid before my career and all the money I was making. I decided to do the right thing. I was dying inside. If I didn't have my daughter, I would be dead right now, for sure.

There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.

If you want to be taken seriously, always check your fly.

I think the one thing for me that's been working is just authenticity.

The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.

I cannot speak but I am doubted, every moment judged for lies, as though I come into a court when I come into this house!

I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.

Publicly criticizing people, even when I don't have the facts, is not that good of an idea.

When you get down to the meat and potatoes of genuine capitalism, it is cutthroat, vicious competition, and the consumer always benefits in the end.

I can feel what you’re feeling now — and you are worth it.