The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it.

The master swordsman isn't interested in killing people. He only wants to perfect his art.

I'm not trying to be a solution or create a freer, utopian world. I think my music dreams of it, though.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? / Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect?

At SGI board meetings... Jim Clark's face would get red and he'd start shouting that an investor and board member had cheated him and his engineers.

Every battalion has its marching songs.

Whatever you want to do, go do it.

There's a distinct American culture that evolved from the United States founding, and that is what made America great, is what allowed the human being to become.

Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.