We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time. 

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

Intuition and urge are two different things. You must learn to differentiate between the two.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.  

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I didn't read.

Just because crime is not established in the court of law doesn’t mean a murderer is innocent.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

 Even  P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E ends with the letter 'E.' There can be no patience after that.