A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

There is no such thing as relationships in this world. It is really a self-created net. Do these cows-buffalos have any relationships? They don’t have a mother-in-law, no father-in-law...

Natural isn't the same as right. Normal isn't the same as moral. Everyone deserves a say in what happens to the world.

The only thing worse than dating a single mom is dating a single mom that won't put out.

We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy changes.

The abuse of power takes happiness away.

The best things in life are free. Sunsets and sunrises are free. Air is free. Love is free. Death is free. The best things in life are free.

I don't give up because I don't give up. I don't believe in it.

My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute best of what God made.

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.