Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.

Every man is his own worst enemy

It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.

Ignorance is not innocence.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not women

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

Be aware of negativity but do not let it take root in the sinews of your creative spirit.

One who uses many periods is a philosopher many interrogations a student many exclamations a fanatic.

Faith is the ability to honor stillness at some moments, and at others to ride the passion and exuberance.

The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.

The reason why life is a sleep & dream for most people is because their awareness is caught up with past or future & not with what is.

In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own.

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.

Don't find a reason to smile. Find a way.

Just let awareness have its way with you completely.

I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.