No discovery of modern psychology is, in my opinion, so important as its scientific proof of the necessity of self-sacrifice (or discipline) to self-realization and happiness.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

To celebrate the heart of Christmas is to forget ourselves in the service of others.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.

Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.

Never seize to constantly remind yourself that your positive thoughts and beliefs are the pillars of your peace of mind.

A true work of art is shaped by the hands of another, and if in shaping us that ‘other’ is anything other than God, the piece will never touch the remotest periphery of its potential.

With any group of people in life, sad things happen, and crazy things, and happy things. When you're in the public eye, it's just amplified, that's all.

A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.

I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.

In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.

Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.

Pleasures can undo a man at any time, if yielded to.