Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Sorry doesn’t make anything better. It’s just a word to fill the space of a loss of words.

The greatest reward for your actions is not the respect you gain from others but the respect you gain for yourself.

All living things on earth are kindred.

The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

All tradition is merely the past.

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.

I had stopped painting around 2000, which I guess was when the music thing started getting pretty busy. I just didn't have enough time to pursue it properly.

I change my thoughts, I change my world.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.