I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.

I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know.

There seemed to be endless obstacles - it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

The aim of the painting is that the eye should find out what it likes.

Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.

Colour is, on the evidence of language alone, very bound up with the feelings.

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to accept whatever came.

I want to draw and study a few things closely by feeling, not thinking.

Love is not getting, but giving. It is sacrifice. And sacrifice is glorious!

Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.

Making time for what you really want to do can be a full-time job, but only if you allow it to be.

Be just the balm you need to heal what ails you

When the north wind blew across the tar ponds, voices were carried away.

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product.

When can our brain's innate objectivity begin to flourish? Only when our inappropriate Self-centered subjectivity begins to dissolve.

The smallest hair throws its shadow. [Ger., Das kleinste Harr wirft seinen Schatten.]

It is not the self -critical who reveals his humility ( for does not everyone have some how to put up with himself? ). Rather, it is the man who continues to love the person who has criticized him.

If manners maketh the man as someone said, then he's the hero of the day.