A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.

Veni vidi vici. (I came I saw I conquered.)

Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.

We're all on a journey - each one of us. And if we can be sensitive to the person who happens to be our neighbor, that, to me, is the greatest challenge as well as the greatest pleasure.

Life’s better with company. Everybody needs a co-pilot.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis.

I'm working 18 hour days and I'm feeling guilty not being able to be there when all those times I want to be mother.

I disagree with the concept that somehow or another we're going to pack up 10, to 12, to 15 million people and ship them back to the country of origin. That's not going to happen.

Existence is larger than any model that is not itself the exact size of existence (which has no size).

Show me a first-generatio n fortune and I'll show you a successful partnership between a talented individual and society's invisible venture capitalist, the commons.