Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

The language we use is extremely powerful. It is the frame through which we perceive and describe ourselves and our picture of the world.

The first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.

Newspaper editors are men who separate the wheat from the chaff, and then print the chaff.

Real estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.

Most organizations fail in driving change.

The slavery of identity comes from our refusal to face ourselves. So we must begin the exploration to self-awareness. Where do we start?

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.

At one and the same time, therefore, society is everything and society is nothing. Society is the most powerful concoction in the world and society has no existence whatsoever

I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint.

O, the difference of man and man! To thee a woman's services are due.