Let exercise alternate with rest.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

A writer's mind can never be empty.

For what reasons would you waste your time on earth?

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.

So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever.

I always look at things as, instead of a problem, how is this an opportunity?

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.

Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.