When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?
He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least three things a day you are either thankful for, made you smile or genuinely inspired you.
At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A hell that allows you to see your loved ones, but not to touch them. A hell situated in America's boondocks, hundreds of miles away from most families. A white, rural hell, where most of the captives are black and urban. It is an American way of death.
The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think.