Im Grunde braucht man keine Angst davor zu haben, alleine zu sein. Die Welt ist voller Begegnungen und lebenden Bereicherungen, die man oft nicht wirklich wahrnimmt.

Der Unterschied zwischen Einsamkeit und Alleinsein ist gravierend.

Manchmal ist das Glück, nach dem man sein Leben lang sucht, direkt vor seiner Haustür. Mit offenen Augen und achtsam durchs Leben zu gehen, kann einen bereichern und das geben, wonach man sich sehnt.

Die Sympathie und die Zuneigung, die man im Alltag empfängt, dürfen nie zur Selbstverständlichkeit werden. Man erkennt die schönen Dinge im Leben bekanntlich erst, wenn man sie vermisst.

Man sollte ich öfter mit dem zufrieden geben, was man hat, anstatt sich nach existenzlosen Dingen zu sehnen, die einen dies vergessen lassen.

Der Mensch neigt oft dazu, zu glauben, dass ihm nur in Träumen richtig warm wird. Deshalb träumt er gerne. Doch die Realität hält meist nicht, was die Fantasie verspricht.

Allein zu sein ist nicht so schlimm, wie die Angst davor einsam zu sein.

As a professional athlete, the small print says there could be a trade at some point in your career. Sometimes expected, sometimes not. You have to be able to handle that.

Keep moving. Don't stop. But don't rush. Don't race around. Sure and steady gets you there every time.

When you disrespect Australian law, they will tell your firmly. Declare everything when you enter Australia.

I have always known that I wanted to be a singer and I knew that meant sacrificing some things for my dream. When I am home I hang out with my friends and go to dances, so I try and partake in some of the activities that I miss out on.

I play a crazy talk-show host, but that's not me. It's like an actor playing a role.

I feel better if I exercise and eat healthily.

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.

I think that it should just be a rule of thumb that if your job asks you to cut your hair... that means that it's time to quit that job.

People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.

I ran away from three different boarding schools before joining a circus school, and eventually I became an actor. The only thing I learned at boarding school was never to send my child to one.

Of course, we also have to play in concert halls. This is our dream when you are a musician - to play in a good, comfortable hall with a wonderful acoustic.

I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life.

I thought, I need to reinvent myself. I want every day of life to be wonderful, fascinating, interesting, creative. And what am I gonna do to make that happen?

I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It's all about exploration: just tune the guitar any way you want and start playing.

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.

J. J. Abrams is amazing.

An actor should always let humility outweigh ambition.

I mean, I - it's so funny, I am, you know, I am, you know, a working woman out in the world, but I still live with my parents half the time. I've been sort of taking this very long, stuttering period of moving out.

Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.

Whatever came to mind, whatever came to hand, I would read.

Bombay is different to Liverpool, or anywhere, really.

With the Internet, we can communicate instantly across the globe, but the net also makes it possible for us to shrink ever further into our own skins - a state of being that neither suits the human temperament nor provides ground for further growth.

My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over.