You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

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

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have art.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

The first time you do something only happens once.

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

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.

The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.