If you can do only a little. Do what you can. What you cannot enforce, do not command.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Walls get made, walls crumble, buildings get built, buildings collapse, memories get made, memories last.

In my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.

The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us.

It is not about surpassing the masters who preceded us but more about opening new artistic vistas. It is about doing the things they didn't have a chance or the time to do.

I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one, two, or three, or many other senses, may not be wanting?

One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either.

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.

When people ask me what really changed my life, I tell them that absolutely the most important thing was changing what I demanded on myself.