I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Whoever is happy will make others happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

I don’t teach. I just show them why to learn, what to learn, how to learn, and the ultimate purpose of learning.

I would say that he has a rather limited and uncreative way of looking at the situation.

I paint the stuff I see when my eyes are closed

It's easier to dismiss ghosts in the daylight.

Always in the perfect moment in the best place. For one lesson more!

Money has lost its narrative quality the way painting did once upon a time. Money is talking to itself.

Religion is the love of life in the consciousness of impotence.

Thank you all from the pit of my burning, nauseous stomach for your letters and concern during the past years.

All the average human being asks is something he can call a home; a family that is fed and warm; and now and then a little happiness; once in a long while an extravagance.