Of two evils we must always choose the least.

What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.

Remember that lost time does not return.

Of two evils we must always choose the least.

Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

If you carry your cross joyfully it will carry you.

Learn to humble yourself you are but earth and clay.

Watch for good times to retreat into yourself. Frequently meditate on how good God is to you.

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth; for love is born of God.

In judging of others, a man laboreth in vain, often erreth and easily sinneth; but in judging and examining himself, he always laboreth fruitfully.

Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.

Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing higher, nothing stronger, nothing larger, nothing more joyful, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth.

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.

If you wish to stand and progress as you ought, hold yourself an exile and a pilgrim on the earth.

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.

Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.

How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love.

I'd like to be Gandalf for a day - he's so wise, he's so powerful, and he's so caring. I love Gandalf. When they remake 'Lord of The Rings,' maybe I'll play it.

By the time I got to building synthesizers, I had perhaps 20 years' experience building electronic musical instruments.

Every war has its demons.

I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.

A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right – that’s something you can’t rush.

I am passionate about music - and people think because I go to places where I can enjoy music I have to be partying. It isn't true.

I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man's jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors.

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring.

We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.

For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.

Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.

I would make tea for Joni Mitchell or clean her car, anything to be in the studio and watch her work.

The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.

I have nothing to declare except my genuis.

I grew up loving films and making stupid movies with a good friend of mine, who now actually has a career in a really prominent special effects house, so he's still doing it. We just started messing around with a camera.

I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.

Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.

You can be a virtuous person without faith in God.

Remember that film 'Sliding Doors,' when John Hannah woos Gwyneth Paltrow by reciting Monty Python sketches? I can tell you now that doesn't work, so that film's wrong.

If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want.

The email of the species is deadlier than the mail.

I think you have to be pragmatic to the approach of life and brutally honest with yourself. We all are here to do something, and it is important to understand our potential first.

There are some kids I grew up with whose parents are in the industry, but my friends that I hang out with day-to-day aren't Hollywood.

I'm a real romantic.