Hope is the belief more or less strong that joy will come desire is the wish it may come.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

It is time to stop standing at the edges of rooms. Hugging the walls. Living in my head. Wishing I had something to say.

The path of light is self awaken.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

That'd be walking into dangerous territory," he says, getting up from the sofa. "Luke is not a morning person.

Mathematics is the abstract key which turns the lock of the physical universe.

I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching

We women are doing pretty well. We're almost back to where we were in the twenties.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

A good idea is like a lighted match, easily blown out by the cold winds of rigid management.

Without even knowing, a person goes around scattering their heart. That's why if you're with a smiling person, you end up smiling with them.