People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.

Things can get pretty rough out there, " he says. "Can't they? For you girls? You're all a bunch of warriors, aren't you? Lionhearted.

It is important to remember that we are attacked not because we are bad, but because the devil doesn’t like God blessing us

Are you a Christian? she said.I answered:I am a Christian, I am a Jew, I am a Catholic, I am Muslim. I am each and everyone of you my child, look into the mirror and you will see me, as i see you..

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Youth take responsibility for your own spiritual well being

Those that look to be happy must first look to be holy.

People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.

Punk, I see you as a hypocritical, manipulative waste of skin.

Dreams are the children of idled minds.