Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection.

Our lives are shaped by those who love us

There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If you go through life and you don't love ... and if you go through life and you don't tell those whom you love that you love them.

Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life principles.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

You can't reinvent yourself for every movie.

He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough.