The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.
Society is an interweaving and interworking of mental selves. I imagine your mind and especially what your mind thinks about my mind and what my mind thinks about what your mind thinks about my mind. I dress my mind before you and expect that you will dress yours before mine. Whoever cannot or will not perform these feats is not properly in the game.
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.
As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.
The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.
My musical style was developed basically by listening to music. The music I like helped to mold my style. I used to listen to the majority of down south music when I was a shorty coming up.
You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.
Nobody ever learns anything.