Modern poets talk against business poor things but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest.

The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.

Never argue at the dinner table for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

I didn't see it then but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

I maintain my inner beauty by trying to lead a balanced life in general. I try to eat healthy foods but... that doesn't mean I won't treat myself now and then! I work out almost every day which gives me more energy and helps me feel stronger. I also try to be a genuinely good person to the people around me.

My everyday job is about superficial beauty but when I'm not working I prefer to work on my inner beauty - I read a lot I try to learn.

But the beauty of Einstein's equations for example is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony.