Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

I'm not going to limit myself just because some people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it.

Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous.

As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.

For something to hurt that bad, and feel so good, it's just inexplicable.

We are only so free that others may be free as well as we.

I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.

My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.

Children are very smart, in their own stupid way. A child's brain is like a sponge, and you know how smart sponges are.

And he is oft the wisest manWho is not wise at all.