Of all musical instruments the human voice is the most beautiful, for it is made by God.

The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.

It is very important not to become hard. The artist must always have one skin too few in comparison to other people, so you feel the slightest wind.

A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite.

By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.

You know you've had too much to eat for Christmas dinner when you slump down onto a beanbag and realize... there is no beanbag.

The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean.

My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer.

Anything worth having is worth going for- all the way.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

The world will be balanced when we are balanced.