Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Cruelty to animals is as if humans did not love God.

I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

Never let your appreciation to make up you Rude

'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.

Criticism is okay, encouragement is better!

I was studying Tibetan Buddhism when I was quite young, again influenced by Kerouac.

There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.

The organism feeds on negative entropy.

Some people would rather stay ignorant and self-satisfied.

I look at the textures, surfaces, colors, and the individual objects in the painting. And then I wonder: what are the relationships among them? Those relationships are everything.