Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies genius and magic.

The happy person often walks, unshaken, along the path that a thousand unhappy people insist is wrong.

Friendship is a tree to take shelter from the storm, to find shade from the blazing sun, to climb its bratches to get a better view, and to swing from when we're happy.

Some people say there are plenty of fish in the sea - until you find love - then there is only one.

Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.

Life is rather like acting lessons while you are on stage giving a public performance!

A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift.

Don't rely on others to show you the way. Carry your own map.

There is no greater thing two friends can do for each other than simply to be each other's friends.

As soon as you recognize that you are able to control your thoughts, happiness will come within your reach.

One cannot live a creative life without first letting go of the fear of being wrong.

We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times was till I left, but I guess that's the way of it

A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.

Sometimes in this life, only one or two opportunities are put before us and we must seize them no matter the risk.

No matter what is the environment around you, it is always possible to maintain your brand of integrity

Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.

Jesus' philosophy in life seemed to be, "Let's confuse as many people for as long as we can". He was an enigma. I felt I could have no better role model.

I preach deliverance to others, I tell them there is freedom, while I hear my own chains clang.

Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.

when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.

Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war.