The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

From sunrise to sunset to sunrise, there is a lifetime of beauty, charm and elegance.

…he quit drinking coffee, and naturally, his brain stopped working.

Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.

I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song.

Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented human catastrophe.

The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

You have to do your thing no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do.

I love film and I love the film business. And I don't think there's any better way, with my personality, than being a producer which is a little bit of a control freak.