To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

It's so embarrassing to receive an award for doing what you should be doing.

If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.

Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration.

The Enron scandal calls into question the integrity of the entire capitalist system, which previously we assumed was based on honest, straightforward greed.

When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

One of the main reasons I don't like leaving the house is because I might find myself face to face with a Canadian.

Now I beg of you to tell me whether I must love a human being simply because he exists or resembles me and whether for those reasons alone I must suddenly prefer him to myself?

The theater is the 'church' and when I'm on that stage I am the Priest/Pastor, it is a pure spiritual journey for me.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

It seemed to me that a lot of people started going to art school recently because they thought they could be famous and make a lot of money. They might be in for a bad turn.