It is not our failures that distress us so much as our idiocies.

Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not "how much time do we have?" The question is "what shall we do with it?"

Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".

Let us assume nothing, and we shall not be moritifed.

Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be.

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

Worry is spiritual nearsightedness, a fumbling way of looking at little things, and of magnifying their value.

Life is large. We cannot possibly grasp the whole of it in the few years that we have to live. What is vital? What is essential? What may we profitably let go?

time spent in being interrupted is not time lost. ... How do we know but that the interruption we snarl at is the most blessed thing that has come to us in long days?

The future is always unknown.Live your own life.Live in the moment.Live so well in the present, so that when tomorrow never comes, you may have no regrets.

His true nature, leopard, knight, and prince…“Just as you see the Wyr in me, I see the Djinn in you.

Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within.

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.

I will perform My Heart Will Go On for the rest of my life and it will always remain a very emotional experience for me.

You know that song that asks, "Why do fools fall in love?"? I think the obvious answer is because they're fools.

But I also enjoy life... the more scrutiny I am under, the more confident I become. I am who I am. I can't do anything about it, and I love who I am.

Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.

Human creativity uses what is already existing and available and changes it in unpredictable ways.

the only mortal sin is giving up.