War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.

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.

When I work, my first relationship with people is professional.

I learnt just how little it takes to survive, which is why I don’t waste things – food, money, friendships or opportunities.

I did pick up a guitar once, but the strings hurt my fingers so I put it down again.

If there's anything I have learned, it's to sort of be sensitive to what - to how much - to how creative the act of listening is and to how powerful the act of listening is.

I think love is one that can definitely make you go crazy, and it's almost like love can induce mental illness in a lot of people, or bring it out worse. It makes people make crazy decisions.

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.

Prayer and hard work are a pretty good one-two punch to get things done.

There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of that. I don't like that idea. I think all extremism is suspect.

Eloquence wins its great and enduring fame quite as much from the benches of our opponents as from those of our friends.

I encourage people to pick up small habits like taking a walk after meals... we've become way too sedentary. Just move!