Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

Always act as if you were seen.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

It is possible to draw a straight line with a crooked pencil.

The discovery in art is often gradual, a process of minor discoveries riddled with uncertainties and the potential for making that which is discovered vanish before your eyes, like a mirage.

For this moment and forever, you are my love.

Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale - to the Jag mobile.

There is no escape from me, not even in death.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.

That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.

Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.