The sun moon and stars would have disappeared long ago had they been within the reach of predatory human hands.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

Every day we are reborn.

I just take on what I can commit to completely at that point in time, and that way you'll be able to give your best.

Something that simply mystifies me.

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

Almost every problem people face in their careers and other aspects of their lives - such as failed diets, marriages, and financial problems - are all the result of not taking enough action.

Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.

He that slayeth an ox is as he that killeth a human.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.

Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society.