Painting is a lot harder than pickin' cotton. Cotton's right there for you to pull off the stalk, but to paint, you got to sweat your mind.

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.

What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?

Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.

Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.

I can forgive, I just can't forget.

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.

Now, you just watch your attention. Where is it going? Watch yourself. As soon as you'll start watching yourself, your attention, you'll become more identified with your Spirit.

It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.