The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Advising gives a great illusion of superiority

It brings tears of joy to a teacher’s eye when the student becomes a great success.

They are the most painful tears in the world ... the tears of the aged ... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

It's still a pretty sexist world out there and someone's got to stand up and say something.

Fear is nonacceptance of what is.

The precipitancy of disputation, and the stir and noise of passions that usually attend it, must needs be prejudicial to verity.

Are we going to say sorry for our lack of customer service? Absolutely not.

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.

Life is like the stock market. Some days you're up. Some days you're down. And some days you feel like something the bull left behind.

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.