It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.

Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man.

Friendship cannot become permanent unless it becomes spiritual. There must be fellowship in the deepest things of the soul, community in the highest thoughts, sympathy with the best endeavors.

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

No friendship has done its work until it reaches the supremest satisfaction of spiritual communion.

The fear of God kills all other fears.

What we feel is as true a fact as what we think.

Friendship means to be a strong hand in the dark to another in the time of need.

We walk among worlds unrealized until we have learned the secret of love.

The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self.

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self.

There is no lateness in life.

Sometimes, we miss the truth when it's right in front of us, she thought. Sometimes the closer we are, the harder it is to see.

Progress is learning to control your world.

Wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

If you want to create, you'll create.

Oily marks appear on walls / Where pleasure moments hung before

I like to play with the conventions around what we expect of paintings historically. But I also like to play with the conventions that you expect from a Kehinde Wiley painting, too.

Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.

Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.