I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Religion allows people to feel justified in acting out their primal instincts, that is, to assault, destroy, rape, and murder others, who they judge as being different and inferior to themselves.

All we are in possession of is the result of the snowballing attitude of our minds.

The greatest blessings are birthed out of adversity.

For most of my life, one of the persons most baffled by my own work was myself.

I've been in relationships where I've felt terribly alone. Just because you're with someone, it doesn't mean you're happy.

Chase your dreams. Don't wait til the dreams come true.

Every act has both good and evil results. The best we can do is lean to the light.

My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

The Bears treat offense as if its bubonic plague.