These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

I took about a year to fully adjust. Like there's a death at the family or a divorce, you don't just snap your fingers and it's over.

New Hampshire's one of my favorite places.

When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.

It is an amazing thing, the difference to one’s powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make.

Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.

Don't think small and expect to have a big life.

Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.

Do you have any coffee? (Talon) Ew! No, that stuff will kill you. I have herbal teas, though. (Sunshine) Herbal teas? That’s mulch, not a beverage. (Talon)

Noticing small changes early helps you adapt to the bigger change that are to come