It's been written that a lover is apt to be as full of secrets from himself as is the object of his love from him.

In the art of war, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the approaching battles. But if you know only yourself and not the enemy, for every victory, there will also be defeat.

My father wrote: "Always question where your loyalties lie. The people you trust will expect it, your greatest enemies will desire it, and those you treasure the most, will, without fail, abuse it.

In a race between danger and indecision, the difference between life and death comes down to confidence. Faith in our abilities, certainty in ourselves and the trust we put in others.

Duress impacts relationships in one of two ways. It either tears people apart... binding them tightly in a common objective.

Over time, we commit acts with intentions, either good or bad, that require forgiveness.

There's an old saying about those who cannot remember the past being condemned to repeat it. But those of us who refuse to forget the past are condemned to relive it.

The past is a tricky thing. Sometimes it's etched in stone. And other times, it's rendered in soft memories. But if you meddle too long in deep, dark things... Who knows what monsters you'll awaken?

For the innocent, the past may hold a reward, but for the treacherous it's only a matter of time before the past delivers what they truly deserve.

Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Some see an innocent victim. Others will see evil incarnate getting exactly what's deserved.

Some say that our lives are defined by the sum of our choices. But it isn't really our choices that distinguish who we are. It's our commitment to them.

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.

Social context trumps reason and social context drives your behaviors with an influence akin to an invisible force. We naturally adapt our behaviors to the context.

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

Every true New Yorker believes with all his heart that when a New Yorker is tired of New York, he is tired of life.

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.

One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float.

I've been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian.

One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.