We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.

Anyone in this life is a good person

I've purged myself of worldly goods

I think it has a lot to do with determination. I treat people the way I want to be treated and believe if you work hard you can have the things you want in life.

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession.

I have my own way of dividing people, as I suppose most of us have. There are those whom I can talk to, and those whom I can't.

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Struggle isn't fun but it's an opportunity to be brave.