Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.

The point... is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect to call off the thoughts when turning upon disagreeable objects and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals and then a few that punish them.

Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

Time cannot be changed, but time can change you. -YakupAdar

There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.

I have an expression I say a lot: I'm in a hurry. There's suffering on this planet that is so easy to break through if the mind is open to doing so.

Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!

Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.

Most artists want first and foremost to be loved, secondly to make history, and money is a distant third or fourth.

The action pictures I've been typically involved with, when somebody gets punched, you really feel the punching, and when somebody gets shot, you really feel the shot.

...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only a kind of an insurrection, anyway.

The only thing you deserve is what you earn