By the work one knows the workman.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Optimism is the spirit of confident soul.

A panic attack is pathological exaggeration of the body’s normal response to fear, stress or excitement.

Surrender is the most difficult thing in the world while you are doing it and the easiest when it is done.

Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

So, the ant way of life is very ancient and very successful. As far as human beings are concerned, we've been around for only one million years--too soon be sure.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether.

I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.