True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access.

A successful marriage was a balancing act-that was a thing everyone knew. A successful marriage was also dependent on a high tolerance for irritation.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

I always used to associate good directors as being ones who are totally extreme and have an answer for everything and there are no loose ends.

I quite like it when you're working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you're doing together.

There should be a spirit of dialogue. Whenever we see any disagreements, we must think how to solve them on the basis of recognition of oneness of the entire humanity. This is the modern reality.

I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

Frightened, I jump up from the bank, the struggle begins anew. Bitterness has returned. I am not Pan in the reed, I am merely a human being and want to climb a few steps, but really climb them.

Donald Trump's words are are not funny, his words are poisonous.