It is left only to God and to the angels to be lookers on.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoints agents of change and progress do not always accept their destinies willingly.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

There's a non-existent peace in the uncertain quietness

That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible.

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

When I make my own music, there is no external producer. I just do everything as quickly as possible. I try not to overthink things.

Consumers do not view communications in isolation. They bring with them all their past brand experiences and associations.

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

I find that I have no problem getting a table at a restaurant when I walk in.