Generally music feedeth that disposition of the spirits which it findeth.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

My cats inspire me daily. They inspire me to get a dog!

The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)

I always, always got to be the last man standing.

Sometimes you finally understand something so profoundly life-changing your whole body starts to tingle. It’s like you’re made of vibrations that just jumped an octave or two.

You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated out.

When a window closes another one opens

When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration.

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art.