Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

I felt before I thought

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

The landscapist lives in silence.

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

Your grammar is a reflection of your image. Good or bad, you have made an impression. And like all impressions, you are in total control.

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.

At the end of our lives we all ask, did i live? Did i love? Did i matter?

God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.

You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

Preserving the serious health condition is usually painful.

I never realized I could love people as much as I do now.

Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.

Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all – no one's around to write horror stories.