Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

How am I different than anyone else? I'm a human being, and I have my faults, too.

I'm a nut, but not just a nut.

Any human being is this wonderful conglomeration of experiences and behaviors, if you like - some of them healthy, some of them not so healthy.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.

I'm perfectly flawed... I've got tons of flaws.

When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

A sociopath is just a label and doesn't encompass the entire being of a person.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

I'm not crazy. But I am different. I'm still learning about myself.

I am neurotic, but I live with it. I think most people are, anyway.

All of us have a bit of a sociopath inside of us, and it's wrong to think that somebody is just clearly sociopathic, because they're not. It's interesting to explore the shadings and nuances within a person. Those feelings exist within more human beings than people may want to acknowledge.

I'd love to think that I'm a super human being, but I'm not.

'Different' is such a good word. For me, ever since I was little, I always felt that something was off. And I just didn't have the resources to - I just didn't know what it was.

My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.

As a human being, I'm work in process.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being.