Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!

But not all kids are exactly the same, Even when they share the same name.

I don't intentionally make deep movies.

I know how to separate my own laundry.

Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.

Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.

I've never noticed that being nonsensical keeps things from happening. Don't you ever read about politics?

There's such a self-conscious balance that goes into television. Also, these are not people that think things through.

There's a layer of satisfaction that I get from cooking that is more than the work itself. I think when you're too competitive sometimes you can lose the joy of what you do.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.