Chains of iron or of silk-both are chains.

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Art is the daughter of freedom.

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists.

Malice is a greater magnifying-glass than kindness.

I notice young girls picking flowers off her gravestone

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident.

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.

Once one has kissed a cadaver's forehead, there always remains something of it on the lips, an infinite bitterness, an aftertasteof nothingness that nothing can erase.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.