Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.

Sometimes breaking the rules is just extending the rules

Lord take my lips and speak through them take my mind and think through it take my heart and set it on fire.

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.

What does it mean, being a woman?

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it.

Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician.

I drink to excess, I gamble to excess, but everyone knows it, so it's not a big deal.

If you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you. You can't have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.