Some men, like modern shops, hang everything in their show windows; when one goes inside, nothing is to be found.

Years teach us more than books.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.

Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.

There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.

A child sees possibilities

For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known.

Why are there not positive mysteries? It's always who stole the diamond, or who killed the butler? How about... who made cookies, somebody cleaned my room.

Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete.

Soon man will count all his days, and then smaller segments of the day, and then smaller still—until the counting consumes him, and the wonder of the world he has been given is lost.

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

Watch against lip religion. Above all abide in Christ and he will abide in you.

Getting into television was a total fluke.