It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

The world and the friends that lived in it are shadows: you alone remain real in this drowsing room.

How can you be nervous? Don't you see? We're in a library.

When I travel, people say ‘Yet another place in this world’. But I see ‘Another world inside every place I go

Revenge may not be a particularly high consciousness-oriented activity.

I know for certain people I'm championing a struggle that they're going through.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

Not everybody paints what the public will pay for. The method in which an artist receives money is nobody's business, what matters is that paintings are produced.

Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.

Being "fearless" isn't about being unafraid, it's about being TERRIFIED and still going for it.