The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
Kierkegaard was by far the most profound thinker of the last century. Kierkegaard was a saint.
When we can't think for ourselves, we can always quote
When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.
Since social relationships are always ambiguous, since my thought is only a unit, since my thoughts create rifts as much as they unite, since my words establish contacts by being spoken and create isolation by remaining unspoken, since an immense moat separates the subjective certitude that I have for myself from the objective reality that I represent to others, since I never stop finding myself guilty even though I feel I am innocent.
It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.
Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.
I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn't have when I was young.
I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.