Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

For him I was like the land, something to care for...well, he loved to make things grow. But he resembled the land more than me. He needed constant cultivation, or the fruit turned wild.

Hey Revision. You can be a pain but you do make Book better.

If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

Life's a little bit too crazy for my liking right now.

For anyone who has that calling and is trying also to make a living at it, it is really hard.

After all, the same steps that reduce carbon pollution also clean the air we breathe, which saves lives and reduces disease.

The moonlight was enough. It would do.

Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.