The more challenging the obstacles in life, the greater the satisfaction in overcoming them.

The questions you don't ask are just as important as you do. The questions you ask show what you understand, and ones you don't show what you know.

Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.

Reality is only as true as it is perceived. Reality does not change. How it is perceived does.

There is no better satisfaction than to see your children make your dreams theirs, and achieve them on their terms.

Words are free, action is not.

Success is not an end in itself. It should be a means to an end - happiness. If success does not lead to happiness, it is called "failure".

The energy of youth with the experience of age is a lethal combination.

Live in the present. It won't last too long.

The foolishness of youth with the cynicism of age is a dangerous combination.

The more golden the opportunity, the less likely you will see it.

Strong delusions travel like cold germs on a sneeze.

Spring is the fountain of love for thirsty winter

Read, mediate and speak the word of God into your mind, soul and spirit.

Love is as irrational as hate and just as unpredictable.

The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.

I wake up at about the same time every day. I sleep well and wake without an alarm clock.

I went to glam shows and was inspired by Bowie.

Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There's something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere.

When you are with a landscape or a human being where there is no need to speak, but simply to listen, to perceive, to feel.

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.