In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

This day is not a sieve, losing time. With each passing minute, each passing year, there's this deepening awareness that I am filling, gaining time. We stand on the brink of eternity.

For you to make your creative work creative, you must seek creativity from the creator.

My native land is a slave of heathenism, men's god is their belly, and they live only for the present. The richer a man, the holier.

Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

When you become completely loving and kind without fear and without thought of harming others, you graudate from the Earth school. That is when reincarnation ends.

He had gone to the higher Sierras... [about Ralph Waldo Emerson's death]

Has it ever occurred to you that there might be a difference between having an open mind and having holes in one's head?

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.

The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently are.