And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.

There's no such thing as a lost cause.

There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.

...like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.

We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.

...the enduring human need to be remembered.

There's death and life, you see. We all shine on. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. ...Somebody loves you.

Balance eases the heart.

My nerves were wrapped so tight I could explode at any second. Some jaguar reciting poetry was not helping. “Just tell me which way to go, Shakespeare.

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

I've always paid a lot of attention to the way that different kinds of media affect how we see the world, probably because I've been an actor since I was a little kid.

I'd do a really tasteful Playboy shoot, but I'd want at least 700,000 for it.

As long as we keep learning new music and getting better musically, there's a good chance that the record deal won't change anything.

O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.

About the only time losing is more fun than winning is when you're fighting temptation.

Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself