If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

People who are all alone have every right to be friends with one another. ("The Honeymoon Of Mrs. Smith" - Version 1)

Horses calm me. I love being around them. They smell great, they are beautiful to look at, they are loving, demanding, temperamental, and they settle you.

I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

You can't just turn love on and off.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

When everything goes without a hitch, where's the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you're made of?

It's very hard to concentrate when your stomach's rumbling.

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

I enjoyed working at McDonald's.

You don't want to be outside during blackfly season.

One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question.

I'll always be sad that my marriage ended.

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue.