We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to.

We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.

It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.

Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.

What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

we who determine how quickly time passes.

When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward

In dealing with others, man is inherently a slave to his preconceptions, to the stereotypes he became familiar with that made life easier for him to comprehend.

Am I worried about the future? I don't know. When I think of the word it's like seeing a cavity, a space where a tooth used to be.

There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every draw feels open for him - but for me there's no such thing as an open draw

[Louis Armstrong] was the only musician who ever lived, who can't be replaced by someone.

I'm not doing my philanthropic work out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

Growth takes place in a person by working at a deep inner level in a sustained atmosphere of silence.

Managers who master the hammer and expect all problems to behave like nails find organizational life confusing and frustrating.

Almost any mistake you can make in running a company, I've probably made

Everyone has access to a pen and paper, but to be a great writer is difficult.

Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.