Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Because we're human beings, we're not always going to be perfect.
Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life.
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.
There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
Gifted women musicians and composers rarely received their due.
What comes from oneself, is nearly from no one. There is only me as a link.
You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed.
I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.
It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.
Further, I'm obsessed with how language contorts and creates bodies.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
I eat five to seven meals a day and a couple of protein shakes.