There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his own.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

Fear is the most prodigious enemy of our soul

Unlike Muir and Thoreau, McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the inner country of his own soul.

That’s what you taught me - we don’t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all of us. We have the power to rule our lives - we just have to make the choice to use it.

We put up the very best cyber security - what I call infrastructure to stop them, but [hackers] constantly [didn't stop].

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

Noah, if we were to get married, you couldn't date anymore.

Usually, the subject matter of the image is not the subject of the work.

Love as Thought is Truth.

I never understood the whole point of opposing or hating someone else's happiness.

You hear this said about actors sometimes, that they're fearless, but she [ Maggie Gyllenhaal] really is.