No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

Be the light in every dark corner.

Situations spin out of control because care was not taken to carefully manage reality through desires.

I feel very passionate about maintaining the same level of standard and respect for the food as an Iron Chef myself.

Passwords are like underwear: you don’t let people see it, you should change it very often, and you shouldn’t share it with strangers.

I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm getting better.

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them.

Would a soul continually eye His everlasting tenderness and compassion...[then] it could not bear an hour's absence from Him; whereas now, perhaps, it cannot watch with him one hour.

Look, I'm a coach, I'm not Harry Potter. He is magical, but in reality there is no magic. Magic is fiction and football is real.

I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel.

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.