The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

Rain drips from the skyI hope it rains forever If that's what it takes to wash you away from meAnd when I'm cleanI'll finally be free.

She went looking for beauty but never looked inside herself.

Of all challenges, convincing dumb ones is the most difficult. Manipulation works better in such cases if your heart allows.

Cruelty is the surest sign of stupidity.

Without duty life is soft and boneless.

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

"Why, what I may think after dinner," returns Mr. Jobling, "is one thing, my dear Guppy, and what I may think before dinner is another thing."

But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn't you argue the other side?" He said, "That's true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do?

The dilemma, of course, is that such people save their most important words for after, when the surrounding humans are unlucky enough to find them.

Talking high philosophy often confuses people, but a look from an egoless person can lift the clouds of pain and despair.