The world is naturally averse to all truth it sees or hears but swallows nonsense and a lie with greediness and gluttony.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

I don't anxiously take in what people say about other people and judge them solely on that basis. I measure a person by how they treat me and what I see in their character.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

The people who came to New England, came for freedom of religion. The problem is, freedom of religion to them meant freedom for only their religion

It is quite clear, however, that there won't be any real changes with the current clan structure having seized power in the course of the Karabakh conflict.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.

I've been doing things myself in the sense that I haven't had a night nurse or anything like that, so I've spent every night with baby except for the nights that I've had to travel.

When you choose positive thoughts over negative ones, you are more likely to develop an optimistic outlook on life.