If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

The only things you learn are the things you tame

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

I figured that when there's no way of knowing what the future holds it's just as easy to believe it'll be good as to believe it'll be bad.

You grow (and thrive!) by doing what excitesyou and what scares you everyday, not bytrying to find your passion.

The history of economic progress consists of charging a fee for what once was free.

If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.

It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God's refusals.

I got tired of New York. I mean when you grow up somewhere, uh, I just basically wanted something different for myself and if I was planning on having a family.

My first pastoral letter's gonna be a condemnation of light beer and instant mashed potatoes -- I hate those two things.

We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.