What does it profit you that all the libraries of the world should be yours? Not knowledge but what one does with knowledge is your profit.
The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. . . . In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.
Everything is hard before it is easy.
Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
We are our own worst inhibitors
I used to have only one name; it used to mean something.
Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it.