A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.

most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.

There was a time when our desire for each other would have landed us in an asylum or prison, had it not been sanctioned by mutual assent. True or false.

To those who would love me - I offer you a warning. Do no get to close. You won't survive.

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.

Tallulah [Bankhead] was the foremost naughty girl of her era but, in those days, "naughty" meant piquant, whereas values have so changed that now, in the 1970s, it generally means nauseating.

Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.

I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.

Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft.

Oh, well, I'd like to have commercial success. I guess.