Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Translation software is not making translators obsolete. Has medical diagnostic software made doctors obsolete?

Deep, hearty, clean and compassionate laughter is vitamin-tastic fuel for the soul.

I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always 'let it keep rolling.'

I really think that most people around the world know how well-intended Americans are.

Good stockbrokers are a dime a dozen, but good shortstops are hard to find.

Driving around with a receding hairline and two kids in a Prius feels a bit boring for me.

Lighting is vital. Without that they've got nothing. And, of course, color and texture. When they showed me a little piece of Finding Nemo, I said this has got to be the biggest hit.

It just seems to me that from the Republican perspective, there's so much focus on how bad the other side is, as opposed to their running on their own trajectory within the issues.

If you're so afraid of your imagination that you stifle it, how are you going to know God? How can you imagine heaven?

In the age of strategy, advantage flowed from owning resources. In the age of wisdom, it flows from seeding and connecting them.