In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

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

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

All mistakes teach us something, so there are, in reality, no mistakes.

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.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

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

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding.

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.

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