Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

Being present means living without control and always having your needs met.

Kate felt very offended. 'I am not an elf,' she insisted. 'I'm an Englishwoman!

In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.

In the period of '60s to the '90s, British art schools were small, and the number of student was small. The personal contact was great.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.