Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

You do not become a real pro in your field by doing certain things - you become a pro in your field by doing things in a certain way.

No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all.

The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

I am a bit odd. I am somewhat evangelical. But I am not crazy.

Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.

Sorry for hurting you, she said right in my ear, but it wasn't really an apology, because you don't bite someone's earlobe to tell them you're sorry.

I was playing with pencils while the other girls were playing with dolls.

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

Today's food trucks are far from cheap eats on wheels, there are some seriously gourmet offerings on four wheels.