Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love; as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.

My father was a psychiatrist and a social worker but he was a very talented painter and musician and writer on the side.

The people of this country who want their laws enforced and respected, and respected by all, and who want their border secured, are not racists.

I like glamour. Not afraid of it.

I think the greatest gift we can give our children is to show them that devotion to God's purposes - love for all beings - is the center of all right living.

If you take out the team in teamwork, it's just work. Now who wants that?

I was trying to do like a spaghetti western but using World War II iconography.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Painting is something that takes place among the colors.

If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.