Raphael Bob-Waksberg Quotes

Whom you would change, you must first love.

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.

With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

When you practice Buddhism, you have to always self-reflect, and you can't avoid your problems. That makes me understand human beings better. I feel that the more I do that in my own life, the more I can see how to play a character.

I like having fun, but the most important thing is to be as good a person as you can be.

For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself.

Simply be the qualities you seek in others.

Money doesn't transform a person - the only thing that can is love.

I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.

I guess I'm just an open-hearted, fair, good person. I try to encourage people to be their best and look inside themselves and find out what they are passionate about and expand on that and enjoy life.

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

I realise myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy, and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have to good and positive use.

I've learned never to expect people to be better than they are, but to always have faith that they can be more.

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.