Once in a while there's wisdom in recognizing that the Boss is.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

The head can travel a far piece while the body sits in one spot. It can traverse many decades, and many conversations can be had, even with the dead.

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be really important.

What kind of heart does one have to have in order to be able to get rid of these, without regret, as if they were empty beer cans?

It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.

I love to swim, and I love being near water.

I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

New York's architecture alone is enough to inspire a whole album. In fact, that's what happened at first - my early stuff was mostly just interpretations of landscapes.

Never leave an enemy standing.

The process of living is the process of reacting to stress.