“The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.”

“Knowledge becomes useless and wasted if it is not acted upon or put into practice.”

“The person who seeks knowledge while in his youth is similar to the act of inscribing something upon a rock; while the person who seeks knowledge while he is old is similar to the act of writing something upon the water.”

“Stella is theatrical royalty who instills in her students a sense of the nobility of acting. She dares her students to act, to lift their bodies and their voices, to be larger than themselves, to love language and ideas.”

“And what is it to act upon others as you would that others would act upon you? It is to put yourself in the place of others. It is consideration of others as ardent as consideration of self. It is the balancing of abilities, supplementation, the social ideal.”

“Ignorance means you didn’t have the necessary knowledge. A person can hardly be blamed for that. Stupidity is the result of knowing what to do but not acting upon that knowledge.”

“Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.”

“At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?”

“It requires strength of character to act upon one's ideas; it requires no less strength of character to resist being seduced by them.”

“Lover," she whispers, and closes her eyes.
It falls upon her.
Love is like dying.”