The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

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.

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

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

Our work is directly proportional to the distances our dreams travel across, as force (power) is a constant factor

And I am revealed for exactly what I am - a particularly stupid fish, moving from hook to hook, never learning my lesson.

I was involved in a web cartoon of Kung Fu with WB a few years back.

I don't know who I am. But I do know who I'm not. I have occasionally tried playing people I'm definitely not, and that wasn't a very pleasant experience.

Profound virtue is indeed deep and wide. It leads all things back to the great order.

If today were your final day of this life, would those things causing you stress still do so?

The landscape of the American West has to be seen to believed and has to be believed to be seen.

Let us live without hate among those who hate

Signs are taken for wonders. / 'We would see a sign!' / The word within a word, unable to speak a word, / Swaddled with darkness.

I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me: but once put out thy light, Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.