"We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones."

"If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship."

"Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of roles, even that of disinterestedness."

"One is never as happy or as unhappy as one thinks."

"True authority is measured not by subjugation, but by the empowerment of others. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education."

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."

"In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It was a good moustache. Good times."