It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college.

I was an ordinary student at school and, at the same time, an actor. But I was not the popular kid, which helped me to play Peter Parker better.

My first teacher... was extremely strict, mean, and deeply religious.

I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture.