Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.

The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Only love can heal the wounds of the past.

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

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Every noble work is at first impossible.