That which is worth telling is not worth having.

Life always involves some logic in its manifestations, and logic, as a rule, excludes the versatility of life from its considerations.

Hundreds of wise men cannot make the world a heaven, but one idiot is enough to turn it into a hell.

Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.

Philosophers wonder when they do not know, artists when they do.

Tolerating women is surprisingly easier than understanding them.

Idiots are of two kinds: those who try to be smart and those who think they are smart.

Everyone is born with a different mind and the same heart.

Truth is what reconciles thought and experience.

The biggest challenge for human mind is human mind.

A mind can be empty of thoughts but a heart cannot be void of feelings.

I'm not senile, " I snapped. "If I burn the house down it will be on purpose.

You can learn a lot about a person through their dreams. It’s your subconscious, split open and bare for all to see.

... where I walked, the frost shaped itself to my will, dancing in the air like music over water.

Watch the fools! Watch them carefully! Learn their paths so that you can learn how to avoid them!

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

Do not work self into a state of over-anxiety at the changes that will be found, or attempt to use up the strength and vitality ... Forget not the sources of thine inspiration.

I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.

Introverts listen better, they assess risks more carefully, they can be wiser managers. It's not for nothing that the Silicon Valley billionaires are so often the retiring types.

I don't think it's possible to write a good play or paint a good picture and be a good Republican.