It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Art cannot be bought or sold. It can only be created or destroyed.

Light is light.

Once in a lifetime a really beautiful song comes along ... Until it does, I'd like to do this one.

People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.

The U.S. healthcare system is probably the most interesting large group of companies that are heading for major problems that we've seen in a long, long time.

In golf, 'close' is like the north and south rim of the Grand Canyon.

Love and friendship, two of life's abiding rewards, are endangered species in Hollywood. People crave both, mistaking alliance for friendship, lust for love, and ambition for both.

I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.