Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
People were still cramming down the stairs, and more were squeezing past the turnstiles and down the escalators onto the platforms, but it was clear to me that this wasn't going to have a happy ending.
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Part of being creative is learning how to protect your freedom. That includes freedom from avarice.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.