The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

You cannot have a best friend for one hundred and fifty four years without trust.

I wish there was a word more than ‘love’ itself to convey what I feel for you.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses.

My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post war NY painting.

Do your heart and head keep pace? When does hoary Love expire, When do frosts put out the fire? Can its embers burn below All that chill December snow?

I feel like there's the 'Hillary standard' and then there's the standard for everybody else.

The as if principle works. Act as if you were not afraid and you will become courageous, as if you could and you'll find you can. Act as if you like a person and you'll find a friendship.

It's sadness coming on like the old days, the vast seamless hopeless weight of sadness looking for a place to rest.

The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it.