The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Our best chance for happiness is education.

There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.

To fail to love is not to exist at all.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objects and principles.

Champions all get kicked when they're down.

What I liked so much while shooting [a movie], I might not like anymore when I see it or vice versa. The two are connected but not on a causal level.

Change the way you speak about yourself and you can change your life.

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury.

I'm proud of the fact that I'm at a point in my career that if I want to take a little bit of a left turn and make an album that is more hushed, more acoustic and more personal, that I can do it.

He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.

My sister-in-law found a real surprise in her stockings - my brother.

The cost of quality is the expense of doing things wrong.

If we learn to say we're sorry and ask forgiveness, the marriage will last.