In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it - even if we so desired.

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good?

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.

Inconsistency is my very essence; it is the game I never cease to play as I turn my wheel in its ever changing circle, filled with joy as I bring the top to the bottom and the bottom to the top

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

Be an ordinary person with extraordinary heart

It's as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus.

You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.

Do not blame a person for drinking lest he is trying to forget something more serious than drinking.

I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'

Paul and I were both struggling actors. One night he would serve me in a restaurant, and the next night I would serve him. It was what out of work actors did.

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

When it's over I don't want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real.

Housing affects everything, and we continue to live in very, very segregated communities.