I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.