An apology for the Devil - it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

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.

Justice implies knowledge of the right and proper place for a thing or a being to be

But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal.

Woe to him who would ascribe something like reason to Chance and make a religion of surrendering to it.

When you think positive, good things happen.

Every reformation ruins somebody.

With the tiger you're always on edge, and you always have to keep your distance. The monkey is far less threatening so you're more relaxed around the monkey, and I think that's actually hazardous.

Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.

When we're in the storm we learn more about the character of the God we serve than when we're on the mountaintop.

We should not confuse information with knowledge.

Silence isn't golden. It's yellow.