The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry

Stick by your friends, and they'll help resolve your issues. Or, at the very least, help you forget they exist for a while.

Why am I not good at anything?""You're a good dad.""It ain't rocket science."No, Vic thought. It was harder.

I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.

Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true.

The Hollywood Foreign Press have just given me a time out from my 20-year midlife crisis. My heartfelt thanks to them.

I don't believe in superstition, I think it's bad luck.

Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.

I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.

Something nonhuman doesn’t become human by getting older and bigger; whatever is human is human from the beginning.