"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."

"The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful."

"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone."

"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

"Peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"It is a quiet truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."