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

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

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

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

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

What you think about day and night forms your character and personality.