Beautiful objects, ideas, even beautiful people all share the power to lift the spirits and motivate creativity while at the same time soothing the soul.

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect of galleries, primarily in New York.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

The power of prayer is like turning on a light as it illuminates God's purpose for our lives. There is no greater connection to knowing His will other than the word.

The flow of blessings in our life is directly related to our passing blessings along to someone else.

When we learn to say a deep, passionate yes to the things that really matter, then peace begins to settle onto our lives like golden sunlight sifting to a forest floor.

I believe a radiant, light-filled tomorrow should be normal to the experience of living.

Every conversation, every cuddle, aver kiss and caress, even every disagreement, adds another brushstroke to the picture of home you paint with the days and hours of your life.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should react." (p.180)

We can depend on nobody in this world, and sometimes we even betray ourselves

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know the term for change of rhythm without change of measure.

Before going on a diet you should consult your doctor, or at least send him some money.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Wherefore did he [God] create passions within us, pleasures round about us, but that these rightly tempered are the very ingredients of virtue?

Bless you, my darling, and remember you are always in the heart - oh tucked so close there is no chance of escape - of your sister.

The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.

One cardinal rule of American journalism is that The New York Times Sunday Magazine is a chore, a bore, and a penance to be endured.