No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.

By the time he was done with the deer it had been dark three hours and his bad leg was singing 'Ave Maria'.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for me. It's a very difficult thing for an artist to look back at his work.

Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation.

Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.

At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.

Our burden in going forward is tremendous. But our opportunity is glorious.

I became the butterfly. I got out of the cocoon, and I flew.

I cannot face the idea of life without work. What would one do when ideas failed or words refused to come? It is impossible not to shudder at the thought.