History may be servitude. History may be freedom. See, now they vanish. The faces and places, with the self which, as it could, loved them, to become renewed, transfigured, in another pattern.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

True happiness cannot not be achieved through wealth, fame or action, But through love, modesty and self satisfaction.

If the shoe fits, buy another one just like it.

When liberty destroys order the hunger for order will destroy liberty.

The soul ... may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.

Who knows his virtues name or place, hath none.

I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.

It's about risking everything. Putting your heart on the line, even when you don't know what's going to happen. It's risking having the person you love rip it out and stomp all over it in public.

There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.

Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

We get death threats, kidnapping threats. The press criticizes my weight. It's just the English way.