Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

When we humans attempt to humble others, we tend to do harm in the process. We humiliate in ways that either tear down and destroy a person or propel a person in self-defense toward greater expressions of pride or self-exaltation. Only God has the capacity to cause the precise internal and external circumstances that will bring a person to appropriate humility.

Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.

Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Im hoping that for film actors there is this kind of emotional trigger on any subject. It need not be only slums. It can be anything. But even if it is tentative, sooner or later, it will - by its sheer force - engulf you in a way where you make a commitment and you get involved in it, beyond just making it an image-building exercise.

It is amazing the quality of human beings that are in this world if we can just get past people not dressing the way we want them to dress.

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.

People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.

In all fairness to Secretary [Hillary] Clinton I want you to be very happy. It's very important to me.

One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.

Clothing shouldn't be a societal shackle. It should be art and truth and a way for us to show the world what we want out of it. It's environmental armor.