The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

The greatest wisdom is to understand emptiness.

You can't be afraid of stepping on toes if you want to go dancing.

It's called Valentine's Day, you moron. If you're going to date a human, Dankmar, you need to remember their holidays.

I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as it is generally in books the worst sort of reading.

The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real.

Man inhabits a realm half in and half out of nature, his mind reaching forever beyond the tool, the uniformity, the law, into some realm which is that of the mind alone.

Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.

Narrow The heart that loves, the brain that contemplates, The life that wears, the spirit that creates One object, and one form, and builds thereby A sepulchre for its eternity.