Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it.

Night is a world lit by itself.

The shadows: some hide, others reveal.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell; I would not go alone.

I know what I have given you, I do not know what you have received.

Situated in some nebulous distance I do what I do so that the universal balance of which I am a part may remain a balance.

A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.

Yeah, you're probably right," I admitted and slowly pulled myself out from underneath the covers. "You know, I really wish you'd catch onto the fact that I'm always right.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.

A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

My best takes are my first two takes.

When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left.

Mindfulness is a quality that's always there. It's an illusion that there's a meditation and post-meditation period, which I always find amusing, because you're either mindful or you're not.

When I bought out my first autobiography I received the biggest tax bill of my life.