Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.

I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.

There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.

One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.

When you allow what someone says or does to upset you, you're allowing them to control you.

Premature development of the powers of both mind and body leads to an early grave.

The camera was another weapon in the wars of domination.

I'd discovered you never know yourself until you're tested and that you don't even know you're being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn't anyone giving the test except yourself.

Blessings upon your mind and heart. Let openness, trust and love be your first response. This is the secret to everlasting joy, peace and contentment.