“Nothing in this world happens by chance.”

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires

Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is – love simply is.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires

When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.

Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because we don’t know what to do with it.

I’m not a body with a soul, I’m a soul that has a visible part called the body.

There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire.

When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Since the general or prevailing opinion on any subject is rarely or never the whole truth, it is only by the collision of adverse opinion that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.

I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.

We’re not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we’re not willing to give them first chances.

Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I’d just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.

I see the holidays as a chance for kids to learn self-sufficiency.

Louis Pasteur, the great scientist, said “chance favours the prepared mind”, which is a posh way of saying ‘do your homework’, but it’s an excellent piece of advice.