Every single one of us has a few months here or there that feel like dark months.

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

I couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.

I imagine I will be less involved in film and be focused more on family and foreign affairs.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it’s spoken.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it’s like a battery: you’ve got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

I’m not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, ‚The Intoxication of Life,‘ ‚The Purpose of Life,‘ ‚The Real Cause of Man’s Distress,‘ ‚The Journey to the Goal in Life,‘ and, one of my favorites, ‚The Heart of Man.‘ They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.

Spiritual people don’t float around all day on clouds of glory; they live in the real world and deal with real issues in real ways.

I deeply regret any harm, or any perceived harm, that I may have done to anyone by any behaviour of mine.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

The Sisters of Notre Dame at St. Aloysius Grade School influenced my life tremendously. This was due to the fact that they encouraged you always to make sure that God is the focus of your life, and they didn’t allow you to do anything except to the very best of your ability.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

What women need to understand is that men don’t communicate. It’s not intentional or on purpose. We’re just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can’t be locked up with anyone for too long.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I’ve 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you’re not naive after the first few thousand. I’ve helped people deal with things that most people can’t imagine.

Acting is happy agony.

I feel upsettingly de-natured. If Penelope Cruz were one of my nurses, I wouldn’t even notice.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

I let the American people down.

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it’s about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other truth is that all science is a tool, and we use our tools not to actualise what we know, but to implement how we feel.

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.

I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

You can be happy where you are.

Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

I’m very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn’t think that was part of my makeup. But somebody said that as you get older you become the person you always should have been, and I feel that’s happening to me. I’m rather surprised at who I am, because I’m actually like my dad!

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.