Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

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

'Tis never too late to be wise.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

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

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.