The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

All experience is great providing you live through it.