You can't fool the mirror-what you see is what you are.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

The pursuit of any worthwhile goal requires that you give up something that feels comfortable, secure, and safe in the moment to get you closer to your future dreams.

All the hungers will kill, but hunger of loneliness turns you into a philosopher.

Pity the cat, thinks the writer, for I live as many lives as I can imagine.

I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive.

I have taken advantage of other people's weaknesses in order to cover my own.

All the real things in Russia are done in the villages.

Sometimes I wish I had every different sort of board that I could just bring out for this surf when I feeling like surfing this board. I love riding old single fins and twin fins.

To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.

One of my weaknesses is that I actually have a conscience.