Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.

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.

And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market.

The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.

Things get very clear when you're cornered.

Remind yourself that when things don't go right, everything will be OK. And if you think that, then everything will be.

We’re creatures of contact regardless of whether/ we kiss or we wound. Still, we must come together.

No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own.

I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.

There is a harmony In autumn, and a luster in its sky...

I shall also take you forth and carve our names together in a yew tree, haloed with stars.