A picture should be a re-creation of an event rather than an illustration of an object; but there is no tension in the picture unless there is a struggle with the object.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155)

The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.

When the lenses in the eyes of a leader captures tomorrow, they don't print the passport size of it. They make enlargements.

God must have loved the plain people: He made so many of them.

A word only writes its night and rides its dream.

When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.

I'm passionate about stories that have humanity, compassion and humor.

Prayer is like Thanksgiving dinner. It takes one hour to eat it and ten hours to prepare it.

On the court, I'm not afraid of anything. I try to have confidence and have a belief in myself.

We are overwhelmed as it is, with an infinite abundance of vaunted medicaments, and here they add another one.