Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are around of the Divinity.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

Courage is the ability to make yourself take action in spite of your fear.

A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine.

The new independent spirit at Warner Music is a perfect fit for a stand-alone label like Maverick.

Will without power is like children playing at soldiers.

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are.

I believe social responsibility begins with a strong, competitive company. Only a healthy enterprise can improve and enrich the lives of people and their communities.

In a collective society, everybody's business is everybody's business.

Ma petite is not a subtle woman. Unless you say it, she will not understand it.

What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from a blimp. And chess.

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.