Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.

It is an excellent habit to look at things as so many symbols.

Being satisfied with the status quo means you are not making progress

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace.

In poetically well built museums, formed from the heart's compulsions, we are consoled not by finding in them old objects that we love, but by losing all sense of Time.

It's important to play the pieces that you feel you can play well. It was always my dream to play Bach - my first love and fascination - Chopin, and Szymanowski.

You can purposefully use your feelings to transmit an even more powerful frequency, by adding feeling to what you are wanting.

Personal relationships are often based on affection - professional relationships can have affection but they must have mutual understanding, trust and respect.

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.