It seems to me a measure of the true perversity of the human race, that one of its very few reliably pleasurable activities should be the subject of so much hysteria and repression.

If there is one thing I've learned in my short life, it's this: Never repress anything.

Do not pass by the oasis without stopping to drink.

Don’t speak of action [effect]. Don’t serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause.

When you say "I will do it", you will stretch your capabilities and achieve something extraordinary.

At 21, there's lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older.

Absence of failure does not constitute success.

True, you don't have to be religious to be crazy, but it helps.

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.

Subject matter does not determine a successful painting. It is the manner in which one personally envisions and interprets the subject that is the magical equation.

The low points are there for a good reason. I think they can teach you a life lesson.

As long as you've got slightly more perception than the average wrapped loaf, you could invent something.