We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

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

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

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

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.