The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.

One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

I work a lot in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and the life there is poor and very sad. And I've always taught to myself to look for the beauty of it and look in the beauty of the faces of the children and to be grateful.

I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

I must confess, I was born at a very early age.

My fans have made all my career moments special for me. They are the ones that have gotten me through every single thing - good times and bad, they are who I go to and lean on. I am very thankful for that.

When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.

Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

I'm very thankful to all my fans for their constant love and support. I am what I am because of their unconditional love.