Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.

You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.

No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

That's what we all want, isn't it? Power without price.

Panic is something that good operations officers plan for.

It is better to burn than to disappear.

I was born for this moment in Earth's history and if you believe you are a lightworker, so were you.

I was born into wealth and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like food or air.

After all, we fought the Yanks in 1812 and kicked them the hell out of our country - but not with blanks.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

The work really isn't about the specific content to me. As I'm putting things together, it's more about consistencies in form.

Every day, I wish to make the world more beautiful than I found it.

When I was a kid it was much more difficult. You're trying to understand what the director wants. It's a learning process. Now, you go in and it's more of a collaboration.