We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.

We sit in the mud... and reach for the stars.

Go forward while you can, but if your strength fails you, sit down near the road and gaze without anger or envy at those who pass by. They don't have far to go, either.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.

Nothing is worse and more hurtful than a happiness that comes too late.

Take what you can yourself, and don't let others get you into their hands; to belong to oneself, that is the whole thing in life.

I've seen this over and over again: people love it if you step up their experience. No one turns down an upgrade to business class in a plane.

It is virtue that gives glory; that will endenizen a man everywhere.

...their eyes are full of kindness as each feels the full effect of novelty after a short separation. They are drawing a relaxation from each other's presence, a new serenity.

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct.

If I could make a device where people could just intuit everything you are thinking - a little cable you plug into, like, a USB port, I would make a billion dollars.

My children know I would never call anyone to give my son or daughter a break.

For everybody in their busy lives, you need to invest in sharpening your tools, and you need to invest in longevity.

The only way to make a man worthy of love is by loving him.