A unique human trait is that we try to find meaning in the things that happen to us.

It is the garden of peace you seek, but it is not a tangible place that exists in the world — it is within. Go there, within.

No offense but a seller will say whatever it takes to sell a product but if you sum it up, it comes down to hard work.

Mission + tools. That’s really what it takes to have focus...you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isn’t important enough to you.

Weigh down your curtains with a proper 5-inch hem. It makes them much more proportioned and professional-looking.

it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.

All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.

The whole thing of this business is to retain your enthusiasm and, in a sense, retain your innocence and try to practice as much humility as possible.

I think the New York Public Library is so, so amazing. It's literally the coolest place - It's good shelter from the sun and it's the most beautiful building. It's really, really fun.

When you're first thinking through an idea, it's important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do.

The only duration of family life that satisfies the loftiest longings of the human soul is forever.