one is never got out of the cave, one comes out of it.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Learn to do common things uncommonly well

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

I will listen to any hypothesis but on one condition-that you show me a method by which it can be tested.

The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

I had differences of opinion with President Obama and most well-known, of course, is Iran.

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

It's easy to solve the halting problem with a shotgun.

You want to be gentle with the people you're working with if you know them.

I like to figure out what the production opportunities are for the things I'm interested in before I put pen to paper.