To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

Make the most of the opportunity.

When we do something, we may not think about why we are doing what we are doing, says Oehler, for then it would suddenly be totally impossible for us to do anything.

Family we cannot always choose, but it sure is fun to try and make them laugh during dinners. Especially when they are trying to eat their soup.

There are things that I am very proud of and there are things that you are not so proud of. But I think that applies to any musician.

Nothing is too much trouble for Love.

To Xeniades, who had purchased Diogenes at the slave market, he said, "Come, see that you obey orders."

The average is the borderline that keeps mere men in their place. Those who step over the line are heroes by the very act. Go.

Home is where the heart is, until we get a chance to bury it. Home is where the heart pulled the nails out of its feet, and fled.

I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

A rarer spirit never Did steer humanity; but you gods will give us Some faults to make us men.