The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtures are of no avail.

Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Morality can muddle mystical understanding and virtue is only necessary in so far as it favours success. All wisdom must be encompassed in order to achieve enlightenment.

The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.[so we can see the bright side of everything]

If you lack the power to demoralize yourself along with the age, to go as low and as far, do not complain of being misunderstood by it.

The dream of capitalism is to co-opt people with higher living standards without redistributing any wealth. Without co-optation, widespread repression is the only guarantor of gross inequality.

If I'm going to work, hopefully I have a late call time, and can hang out with Rain and our nanny until we shoot.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.