There is nothing that comes closer to true humility than the intelligence. It is impossible to feel pride in one's intelligence at the moment when one really and truly exercises it.

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.

God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.

The secret of all greatness is in knowing what to do with time.

Knights do protect ladies, but only to keep them from being abducted by other knights.

I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of required responsibility.

It is possible to live in San Francisco for $35 000 a year. Obviously that doesn't include food or lodging.

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

Doing the right thing is easy. [It is] much more difficult [to...] figure out what [the right thing] is.

The world starts with a Big Bang and finishes with a human-made atomic Big Bang!

Three things trust and cherish well- The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches, And your shield-mate at your side.

For a long time, my uniform consisted of a trench coat, wide flared jeans, and little bottines - I copied a pair that my mother had in this theater place. I had, like, 10 pairs of the same shoes.