It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held and not in the dogma or want of dogma that the danger lies.

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.

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?

Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.

Men really need sea-monsters in their personal oceans. An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.

In my recent travels into African countries and others, I was impressed by the importance of having a working unity among all peoples, black as well as white.

All through the hood, I'm grippin' wood and blowin' pine

Human beings seem to have an almost unlimited capacity to deceive themselves, and to deceive themselves into taking their own lies for truth.

Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.

It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.

Then get busy and find out how to do it.