If you are inefficient, you have a right to be afraid of the consequences.

The questions you don't ask are just as important as you do. The questions you ask show what you understand, and ones you don't show what you know.

Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.

Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does.

There is no better satisfaction than to see your children make your dreams theirs, and achieve them on their terms.

Words are free, action is not.

Success is not an end in itself. It should be a means to an end - happiness. If success does not lead to happiness, it is called "failure".

The energy of youth with the experience of age is a lethal combination.

Live in the present. It won't last too long.

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.

The more golden the opportunity, the less likely you will see it.

Music is science. Everything is science. Because science is truth.

For some of the large indignities of life, the best remedy is direct action. For the small indignities, the best remedy is a Charlie Chaplin movie. The hard part is knowing the difference.

Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves.

Music is a wonderful way of getting in touch with the stillness within.

Overnight Success Happens Only in Fairy Tales, Trashy Novels, and Bad Movies.

I guess I just don't have a talent for it, some women just aren't the marrying kind - or anyway, not the permanent marrying kind, and I'm one of them.

Genuine thanksgiving is a response to both who God is and what He has done, is doing, and will do.

I learn a lot from acting, but it's not my natural way. I can't help but write; I do it all the time. It's a condition of being for me.

You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.

We never slam the door on flattery, we nudge it shut like a man rejecting his mistress: if she nudges back, we're delighted – and if she breaks it down, we rejoice.