Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

America's over. Get out while you still can.

The reality is that changes are coming. ... They must come. You must share in bringing them.

Economic systems are not value-free columns of numbers based on rules of reason, but ways of expressing what varying societies believe is important.

I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

Our need to knock celebrities is...Twisted: it's deep in the mid-brain below the survival instinct. That lust to see a downfall. It's animalistic.

People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.

Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.

If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.

It pays to be nice. Maybe not right away, but someday.