“Few know how to be old.”

“Look round the habitable world: how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.”

“Many people know how to get money, but few know how to keep it. Wise investments are always based on information, Johannes, so the more you know, the better.”

“There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.”

“One of the few graces of getting old — and God knows there are few graces — is that if you’ve worked hard and kept your nose to the grindstone, something happens: The body gets old but the creative mechanism is refreshed, smoothed and oiled and honed. That is the grace. That is the splendid grace. And I think that is what’s happening to me.”

“How have you left the ancient love
That bards of old enjoyed in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move!
The sound is forced, the notes are few!”

“From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.”

“There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.”

“Neuroscience has contributed so much in just a few decades to how we think about human nature and how we know ourselves.”

“You will never know how wonderful old Memphis is until you've been away for a while.”