Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

Thérèse of Lisieux

You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life.

You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life.

Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings.

Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings.

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous.

Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

It isn't enough to love; we must prove it.

It isn't enough to love; we must prove it.

Nothing's done well when it's done out of self-interest.

Nothing's done well when it's done out of self-interest.

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

Silence does good to the soul.

Silence does good to the soul.

I am very far from practicing what I understand.

I am very far from practicing what I understand.

As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?

Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.

A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.

Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.

Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.