Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.

A generous man places the benefits he confers beneath his feet; those he receives, nearest his heart.

There sometimes wants only a stroke of fortune to discover numberless latent good or bad qualities, which would otherwise have been eternally concealed.

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Dawn appears when it appears.

My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.

Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.

Good design is honest.

Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits and the cute creatures are the good guys, and everything that's ugly are the bad guys.

I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this.

My life style in a sense is kind of private.

If I never do another thing, I've met the good sweet people of the world.