Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill never own it to yourself. Illess is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

Time is money.

There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

We will cry and bleed and lust and love, and we will cure death. We will be the cure. Because we want it.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?

The key is to make sure you are doing the "right things" before you worry about doing things "right".

We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!

Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.

Our sexual lives are maintained by the shadow side and the light side, so the more we can understand and embrace enlightenment, the less need there is for chemical enhancement.

My view of actors is that basically they're all harmless lunatics who'd be on the psychiatrist's couch.

Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that can assault you in disease.