Most works are most beautiful without ornament.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

You can’t go back, Ever. You can’t change the past. It just is. . . . This is our destiny. Not yours.

I’d rather fail miserably pursuing my dreams than succeed at something I have to settle for

America has the best hand ever dealt to any country on this planet, ever. Yes, we have problems, but you travel around the world, you'll see we have it all.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.

It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for.

Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.

Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity.

In the end an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.

Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife