Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence.

Kindness is the music of Good Will to men, and on this harp the smallest fingers may play heaven's sweetest tunes on earth.

No human being can come into this world without increasing or diminishing the sum total of human happiness.

Amongst the instrumentalities of love and peace, surely there can be no sweeter, softer, more effective voice than that of gentle, peace-breathing music.

Our minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly.

All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding, patient, persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle, thought by thought, fact by fact.

All that I have accomplished ... has been by that plodding patient persevering process of accretion which builds the ant heap particle by particle thought by thought fact by fact.

Where you see and feel wrongdoing, Divine Mind sees opportunity to restore Wholeness.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.

You may choose your friends, but not your unlikely saviors,” Magnus said cheerfully.

My cubist paintings are my most Mexican.

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

As a country and as a world, we are not comfortable with women in leadership roles. We call little girls bossy.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.