Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

I think Temple is wrong. I don't think I'd dig that kind of art party at all.

If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

The world of chemical reactions is like a stage, on which scene after scene is ceaselessly played. The actors on it are the elements.

When you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut behind you.

For better or worse, US Keynesianism was so far ahead of where it started. I am a cafeteria Keynesian. You know what a cafeteria catholic is?

If death is the end of everything, then living is everything.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

Though you treat me badly, I love you madly.

I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table.