Character and fate are two words for the same thing

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Where are we really going? Always home.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.

The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.

In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.

When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing

New York and New Jersey are probably two of my favorite places to get really good surf in the summertime.

That jam was so much fun that by the end of the tour, we just jammed on all of the songs.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

I believe in the healing restorative power of art and communication. And so that's probably my rule. But that doesn't apply to bedtimes. And stuff like that.

A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.

I have never lost my temper. I let out my venom in my writing if I have to, but person-to-person, I have never lost my temper, never used abusive language.

Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity

Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!