The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with her voice by aid of the god.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

There is nothing permanent except change.

Big results require big ambitions.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

Dogs bark at what they don't understand.

Change alone is unchanging.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

What is divine escapes men's notice because of their incredulity.

Those who approach life like a child playing a game, moving and pushing pieces, possess the power of kings.

You can make a lot of money with a good cat." -Ty Warner

When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives.

The juxtaposition of words - the color, feeling, and sound of the words together - has as much to do with the story as the narrative itself does.

Resisting a beautiful chocolate cake or a wonderful foie gras is as difficult as (the idea of) saying no to Paul Newman.

Mother, you had me, but I never had you.

I want to be one of the best players in the game.

You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.

The object in being on the spiritual path is not to have just a little influx of energy, but to be the energy itself - consciously.

O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.