Merely to exist is not enough.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

A star would lose its value if it tried to be something else

World is not complex, Intricacy is not in the situations. Intricacy is in our minds.

She smelled of talcum powder and Big Red.

Music is the only thing that doesn't hurt when it hits you.

I'm just looking at whatever moment I'm at, trying to tell a story that at that time feels like it needs to be told, like I want to see it and how I'm feeling in my life.

Acting is fun. It's not my whole life. It's not my entire being. It's secondary to my life. My life is primary. I'm running in the primary, as you know.

I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I cant enjoy anything.

One little lie or dishonest act leads to another until the perpetrator is caught in the web of deceit.

I don't have any hobbies. Music is my hobby.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.