The first condition of happiness is a clear conscience.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.

The greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.

There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.

Science is the topography of ignorance.

The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.

When held up to the window pane, What fixed my baby stare? The glory of the glittering rain, And newness everywhere.

I'd like to do an independent film.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.

It was an experience of a lifetime to sit only a few feet away from him [Castro] and watch him relive an experience he lived as a very young man.

Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.

I remember saying in college that I would never do commercials.

Islam cannot accept or agree to a situation which is half-Islam and half-Jahiliyya [separated from God].