I was a curious boy, but the schools were not concerned with curiosity. They were concerned with compliance.
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.
A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.
Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.
Angry is always hungry to cook guilty.
Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.
Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.