Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off

Well done is better than well said.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

Success comes to those who become success conscious. Failure comes to those who indifferently allow themselves to become failure conscious.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

Only you can control your future.

The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.