All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a world divided can it appreciate the wonders of life and endless possibilities of a world united.

For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.

Think of how many mistakes you made at 22 years old. Like, I made a million.

If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.

A poet may be a good companion, but, so far as I know, he is ever the worst of fathers.

The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed, 18-year-old actor, I'd be left unrecognized. People remember me.

Our democracy flourishes when people stand up for themselves and engage in the political process.

My sons named her Bridget because that way they always had their sister, Bridget, with them. People thought we were nuts because on the phone they'd hear us say, "Bridget, sit!"

Despite the fact that I'm not highly skilled in any visual art, aesthetics have always played a strong role in my art, including my first albums.