Choose always the way that seems the best however rough it may be custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

When you see someone like him coming on, with his great pace and desire to take someone on, it is a boost.

My office in New York is overflowing with all kinds of cookbooks, and in New Orleans we have a huge culinary library. So yeah, I guess I'm a little bit obsessed.

Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea.

I just want to create situations where people forget time.

Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.

I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.

If you can connect all the dots between what you see today and where you want to go, then it's probably not ambitious enough or aspirational enough.

They please the world most, who please Christ least.

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.