The Medici created and destroyed me.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried.

I've never been able to reuse characters, I've often wanted to. I've never been able to get people to cooperate. I can't get anyone together on any kind of deal.

The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America.

God loves the world through us.

Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed.

Until the day we die our brain remains capable of change, according to the challenges that we set for it.

Whatever you're working on, take small bites. The task will not be overwhelming if you can reduce it to its smallest component.

Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.

The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.