What I cannot love, I overlook, is that real friendship.
Those who love greatly are “near” to god.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
Study the past if you would define the future.
“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one”.
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.
The mind is everything; what you think you become
The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures.
When I paint, the ocean roars. Others merely paddle in their bath.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors
Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”
“I loved you then and I love you now and I have loved you every second in between.”