Lies can be formed from truth, but truth cannot be formed from lies.

Stand up for what is right even if it means standing alone.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.

Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

Control your vibrations and you are the master of your own harmony.

Time has always been the greatest ally to Truth, because Time eventually relieves and reveals all.

Your heart has a powerful little antenna and its vibrations can be felt throughout the universe.

Never trust the translation or interpretation of something without first trusting its interpreter.

Truth will never imprison you. Only the repression of your conscience will. This is what is meant by 'THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE'.

Every single good person is a good person for their own sake, not for the sake of humanity, not even for the sake of another human being.

I know death comes. I've seen too much death, young death.

It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker.

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.

I think Obamacare has now taken over almost from regulation, which is ridiculous what's happening with overregulation, as the biggest single problem for opening and keeping businesses going.

I've always been into toys and kits and models. I'm kind of a toy nerd.

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals.

Do not be wedded forever to fear, yoked eternally to brutishness.

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible