To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived - and dying I will tend to later.

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well

Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment...

We can only bear the fruit of patience when we have something to be patient about.

Postmodernity means the exhilarating freedom to pursue anything, yet mind-boggling uncertainty as to what is worth pursuing and in the name of what one should pursue it.

What doesn't draw you into a Coen Bros. movie. It's amazing. I can't believe it! They're the Coen Bros. It's ridiculous.

The art world seems so much bigger than it was when I was growing up.

My beats are pretty s - - y, though. I don't know how they work.

In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.

Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.

Truth is mighty and will prevail

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.