The value of books is proportionate to what may be called their plasticity -- their quality of being all things to all men, of being diversely moulded by the impact of fresh forms of thought.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Happiness isn't something she spends much time thinking about. Survival, discomfort, hunger...these are the concerns that fill her days.

[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.

That satisfied me until I began to figure that if God loved all his children equally, why did he bother about my red hat and let other people lose their fathers and mothers for always?

Latinas are the fastest growing segment of the minority population, and their perspective deserves to be represented, not denigrated.

He who sees age on the outside of things is doomed to underestimate the vitality of raisins.

If one is not going to take the necessary precautions to avoid having parents, one must undertake to bring them up.

I rarely agree with what clients ask me to do.

Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.

I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that.

Career diversification ain't a bad thing.