In the common run of mankind, for one that is wise and good you find ten of a contrary character.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

Music

Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time.

In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?

Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.

...Genuine pathological openness is about as seductive as Tourette's Syndrome.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.

You will be dead so long as you refuse to die.

I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

I'll play as long as I'm still willing to work this much, to do all these sacrifices

I still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line.