He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

Create/add value to your life on a daily basis

Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves or you will never find it.

Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

I don't see what could be better to play a game and get paid for it.

I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.

Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

Oh I love children, but I could never eat a whole one.