I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

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

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

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

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

Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.

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

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

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

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.