All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.

From one end to the other I have identified with various forms of spirituality. I was a Jew, then a God-hater. I was an atheist, then a Christian, for which I was called a traitor.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

Material things aside, we need not advice but approval.

It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves, And, like living coals, the apples Burned among the withering leaves.

Things could change so entirely, in a heartbeat; the world could be made entirely anew, because someone was kind.

You're probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm.

The idea of the live-virus vaccine is to produce in a continuous way some viral antigens.

We go to literature because it shows us some set of humane values. It is showing us how to live.

I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.