The will to be oneself is heroism

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

When your heart jumps every time your camera locks focus...You've become a photographer.

You may fancy a glimpse of the abyss where I grovelled!

Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.

If you don't have your friends and your family, what do you really have? You can have all the money in the world, but with no friends and no family, it's no good.

Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.

TV has no choice, but to rely on character, and everybody knows that. I love working in it. It's such a big canvas where, if you're successful, you go on for years.

Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make your a better person.

Chip the glasses and crack the plates! / Blunt the knives and bend the forks! / That's what Bilbo Baggins hates.

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.

We are not merely historians but also and always citizens.