Great necessities call out great virtues.

Living with regrets is like driving a car that only moves in reverse.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

If you follow the natural intentions, you get the most success out of life.

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.