The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point.

A strange and somewhat impassive physiognomy is often, perhaps, an advantage to an orator, or leader of any sort, because it helps to fix the eye and fascinate the mind.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

At each small success we should not become our own heroes in our minds

Having a me-too brand is a death sentence.

The world is your oyster...YOU determine the value of the pearl!

Envy is the slow poison that finally slaughters peace.

I decided, as a medical student, to devote myself to a study of the brain.

We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free.

A creative block is a fear about the future, a guess about the dangers dwelling in the dark computer and the locked studio.

On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!

All you have to do in life is be passionate and enthusiastic and you will have a wonderful life.

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.