Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

The principles you know determines what you get

Well, one day all the world’s wizards and witches will kneel before Jesus and call Him ‘Lord.

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.

You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

It is often just as sacred to laugh as it is to pray.

Back of my forehead I feel tonight A whole sky full of stars. Under a western moon. Life is indeed lovely!

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.