Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.

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.

Where does a thought go when it's forgotten?

The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it").

For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room...

The weaker the argument the louder and more frequent the rhetoric.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.

None of us is smarter than all of us.

I really enjoyed the last scene at the Ewok celebration after the battle.