Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

The way to a woman's heart might best be reached via a short cut.

Hope is the assurance of positive expectations.

Feelings of regret represent our aversion to reality.

Back before I injured my hip, I thought going to the gym was for wimps.

Read as few words as you like, and speak fewer, but act upon the law.

I don't study to know more, but to ignore less.

Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.

When I see my work in a gallery I often wonder how I got to this point. Sometimes the process of making the work feels like a blur, and I look at the work and wonder how I actually made it.

You cannot survive if you do not know the past.

By the time the average Christian gets his temperature up to normal, everybody thinks he has a fever!