We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Sons of suicides seldom do well.

When a plan fails, it does not mean we have failed. It just means we need a new plan.

You can shape people how ever you like it, but first you have to gain their Trust

The circumstances of others seem good to us while ours seem good to others.

Life is hollow without health and freedom. To seek one while ignoring the other is folly.

I can give you honesty, monogamy, and more passion than you can stand, but not love. That emotion died in me long ago, as I suspect you already know.

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

In the end . . . . . . . Stand where we feel led. Stand straight, stand tall, and try to remember that other folks might be led to stand elsewhere.

Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.

Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count.