-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

How frail the human heart must be―a mirrored pool of thought.

The people of Israel have come home never to be uprooted again.

There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out.

My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.

The probability of separate worlds meeting is very small. The lure of it is immense. We send starships. We fall in love.

It seems possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.

To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

Love means to reach for the sky and with every breath to tear a hundred veils. Love means to step away from the ego, to open the eyes of inner vision and not to take this world so seriously

A certain columnist has been banned from all Shubert openings. Now he can wait three days and go to their closings.

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.