The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

It is rarely in the world's history that its ideal has been one of joy and beauty. The worship of pain has far more often dominated the world.

To call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.

It is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.

Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.

One grey cloak is much like another, just as all cats are grey in the dark.

I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown.

I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.

Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.

We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!

My motto is to keep it simple stupid, work smart not hard.

You know, I watched the original 'Same Time, Next Year' on DVD about ten times this year, and I cried all ten times.

Hope saves a person in the midst of misfortunes.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.