We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

If your habits don't line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

Curiosity lights a fire

Storytelling wasn't about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told.

Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own.

Yoga is a technology for arriving in this present moment. It is a means of waking up from our spiritual amnesia, so that we can remember all that we already know.

For a relative newcomer, it's obviously a dream to work with such a talented actress as Anna Paquin, who won an Oscar at 10, or something ridiculous like that. That's a dream.

Statistics were magic like this: they could tell you with near-certainty that a thing would occur, without a hint of when or where.

O! Tril-lil-lil-lolly the valley is jolly, ha! ha! -Elves of Rivendell

I only ever privately tell people stuff for the scene. And I often ask what they feel is right. Normally, by the time that we're filming, if it doesn't work, it always the script.

If we miss this chance to make a fresh start, we may look back on this moment from some later vantage point and realize how much that failure cost us all.

You can never not feel like that, as a working artist these days. It's funny - time off makes me nervous, but so does time on. At least the pressure wasn't coming from outside.