We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

The simple everyday experiences become the doorway to new thoughts and inspirations.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they're ratified into law.

You staying home all alone on New Year's Eve? Unthinkable. Take my advice the countdown should be shared with someone, or it's just another set of numbers passing you by.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.

She had a wild, wandering soul but when she loved, she loved with chaos and that made all the difference.

More friction and tensions are caused in a family by tone of voice than for any other one reason.

It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity.

One can't be free without action.

Insane!... Ask the tyrant who is his most dangerous foe, the sane man or the insane?

It is the height of professionalism to be able to make an ordinary piece of music sound good. When playing routine melodic studies the player must treat them as if they are musical value.

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence.

Racism is a belief in the inherent superiority of one race over another.

When you're with the person you love, you're home.

The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.