On the first few albums the songs would grow into strange shapes.
Do every common act as a god should do it; speak every word as a god should speak it.
You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God.
Nothing can go wrong in this world but yourself ; and you can go wrong only by getting into the wrong mental attitude.
If you have not consciously made the decision to be rich, excellent, and healthy, then you have unconsciously made the decision to be poor, mediocre, and unhealthy.
There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, and fills the inter spaces of the universe. A thought in this substance, Produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. Man can form things in his thought, and by impressing his thought upon formless substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created.
Give every man more in use value than you take from him in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the world by every business transaction
Success brings poise, especially avoirdupois. Success comes before work only in the dictionary.
The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams. . . Man. . . is above all the plaything of his memory.
Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for.