... we die, just as we were born, at the edge of a road not of our choosing.

Doctrines are meant to serve man, not the other way around.

By living exclusively for the present, we let ourselves be hemmed in by an ocean of death. Conversely, by reviving the past, we enlarge our living space.

There should not be any excuse. If we don’t like our heritages, we've the power to change them for good. Let’s go beyond using lame excuses...

There are no absolutes, and your way is neither the only way nor the right way.

But as long as you know you're nobody special, you'll be a very decent sort of Horse, on the whole, and taking one thing with another.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.

Stories of friendship are very interesting to me. Artificial families are something I like to explore. Whether it's a bunch of guys or a bunch of ladies, there's something interesting about that.

Everything you do matters because your team is watching ... and depending on you to do the right thing.

I came into the industry at a time when there weren't a lot of choices to what you could do.

Remembering is the most overrated thing. Forgetting is far superior.

The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading while we are young. I have had as much of this pleasure perhaps as any one.