The wise man reads both books and life itself.

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.

He first noticed it on the plane ride. There was an odor about her and it was becoming more pronounced with each passing hour. It was like the smell of rotting meat.

Let's drop rocks on them!

That's the only reason I'm here. I don't need to play the game for any other reason than to win a championship.

You become what you continually think about.

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

I ask God every day to give me the words to tell the kids. That's my mentality, and that's what I'm intending to do.

Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.

There's no woman that's crazy for no reason. That behavior is a reaction. Believe that.

The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.

Racism, because it favors color over talent, is bad for business.