Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.

Everyone was talking about the gap between my teeth, my monocle, the fancy waistcoats I wore and the seven-inch cigarette holders I used

Whatever the outcome of the day I shall never forget that you hit me when I wasn't even looking!

Live your dreams. Live your life to the greatest.The more you believe ...the more you will achieve

Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.

Bowie talks in great, voluble torrents, darting from one topic to the next, parenthesizing and then parenthesizing the parentheses, as if he has too many ideas for one conversation.

Learn to say no, know when to say yes, and use the words ‘I choose.’ It is the key that will open you to limitless manifestation of your beingness.

Spending time being can be just as, if not more, fulfilling as spending time doing.

We will always cherish the people who extended great love to us.

Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Let go.

The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe that, if I change, other people will follow suit.

Humility is the secret of the wise.

My father and mother in 1817 were forty-nine days on the road with their emigrant wagons [from Vermont] to Ohio. More than two days for each hour that I spent in the same journey.