The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

One of the hardest things to teach a child is that truth is more important than consequences.

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.

There are times when silence is the best way to yell at the top of your voice.

Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.

Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered.

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain what he can't see.

Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and the endless physical deficiencies of man.

Then came nightthat was like falling water.At times, for hours, a bird spirit, half buzzard, half swan, just above the rushesfrom which a snow-storm howls.

From Time to Time, Upgrade your list of Gratitude as well as your Bucket list.

It's sweet that I don't have to do my laundry.

As a fine artist I was drawn to composition and technique. I would count the cuts.

Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

As precious as knowledge itself is the learning. As precious as any reward is the earning.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology.

Growing up in a house with six brothers and sisters is a lot like being on a tour bus. There's not a whole lot of private space, so you figure out how to make it work.

I want people to think they can't die until they see me play.