I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea. And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone finds the word.

Work for your own soul's sake.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

In time you shall see Fate approach you In the shape of your own image in the mirror.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

To love is to find your own soul Through the soul of the beloved one.

There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.

The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul.

To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.

The snows and the roses of yesterday are vanished; And what is love but a rose that fades?

Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.

That's the thing about fear. Death will kill you once, but fear kills you over and over and over, if you let it.

Reduce the influence of religion upon your life.

You need to relax and be yourself, not whoever it is you’re trying to be in your mad little head. I bloody don’t, though. I’m me and I’m good at it.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are.

The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.

I began my career in Los Angeles and started working fairly quickly.

You know, the man's best friend is his dog... if he's got nothing else.

Ventilation is the profound secret of existence.

Transfer the point of concentration to some object outside of yourself - another person, a puzzle, a broken plate that you are gluing.