[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

The lonely, wistful revisionism of memories is as gratingly repetitive as snow and ice in Canada. I avoid them both at all costs - memories and Canada.

The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process.

Germany will never be a real, free thinking and free feeling friend of Israel, because it will always fall under this shadow.

The poor pay more, and that's one of the reasons people get trapped at the bottom of the economic ladder.

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

The comics I've talked to have varied styles as stand-ups, but the throughline is that it's the most intense thing they've ever done.

Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.

The United States wants to be part of the solution to its problems and not, in part, the maker of their problems.