Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

Self-observation helps us to refocus within, to balance ourselves and to be in the present moment....

While sight may deceive you, touch rarely does.

I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free - flowing.

Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper.

It's worth paying attention to the roles that are sort of dictated to us and that we don't have to fit into those roles. We can be anybody we wanna be.

Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.

Average is Your Enemy.

I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again.

We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning.

The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.