Robin Williams

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

"Reality: what a concept!"

"We have a chance to build a future where we are not slaves to our technology."

"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys."

"Even in the darkest times, comedy can shine a light on truth."

"The moment you commit is the moment you begin."

"Why do we choose to be sad when we could choose joy?"

"Comedy is acting out optimism."

"You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you really care about."

"Change is like a door that only opens from the inside."

"Teaching is one way to touch the future."

"Everybody needs magic, needs beauty, needs art, needs music, needs theater."

"If you're lucky, you find a place that becomes home."

"We are taught to consume. We're not taught to create."

"There's a time for daring and a time for caution."

"The most important thing is the mission—whatever that is."

"You take what you can get, really. You work with what you're given."

"Peace comes when you stop running from the truth."

"Humor is the best defense against the absurd."

"Love is that condition in which another person's happiness is essential to your own."

"Finding the balance between hope and reality can sustain you."

"Sometimes your heart doesn't know what it wants until it hears the music."

"Adventure is calling—you just have to listen."

"What's the secret? Tell them to do it with love."

"Remember: you're the one who can fill the blank page."

"The soul is willing, but the mind is weak."

"Friendship is when someone knows all about you and still loves you anyway."

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you behave while waiting."