Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

I don't have time for hobbies. At the end of the day, I treat my job as a hobby. It's something I love doing.

He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.

You know my father's favorite game? Come here and pull my finger.

If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason.

You need to be funny in a way that people feel like you're trying to make a deeper connection. So that's what I try to do.

I think an actor can actually gather moments, memories and emotions for his next character. So, it's a constant work.

If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too

I have more talent in my smallest fart than you have in your entire body.