Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

If there is no dull and determined effort, there will be no brilliant achievement.

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

Man's nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

I have you with me, and I'm terrified you'll disappear.

Don’t you wonder sometimes, ” Miranda asked, “whether women have all the power or no power at all?

Whether you deny your wounds or see them clearly, they bring a great source of power because they lived in the same place as your heart.

For individuals and organizations alike, a reputation is far easier to destroy than it is to build.

Is it sad to fancy David Tennant when you're dead?

I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.

For loves lawe is out of reule.

I never taste the wine first in restaurants, I just ask the waiter to pour.

In my mind, so-called "cultures of innovation" really boil down to one word: curiosity.