It is not death we fear but the thought of it.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Whom they have injured they also hate.

One smile heals the planet because it spreads like a virus from one to the next without care for the perfect environment.

Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive.

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things.

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.

All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.

Sam Phillips always encouraged me to do it my way, to use whatever other influences I wanted, but never to copy...if there hadn't been a Sam Phillips, I might still be working in a cotton field.

Who speaks is not who writes, and who writes is not who is.

The poet makes silk dresses out of worms.