Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

It’s a new world. Stand up.

...all "months" work together for the good of those who love the Lord! ...all the days of this month will work together for your goodness!

Slow down. Life is crossing the road.

For a man who finds life tolerable only by staying on the surface of himself, it is natural to be satisfied with offering no more than his surface to others.

Come from forever, and you will go everywhere.

Poets are interested mostly in death and commas.

I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and contrived to keep a journal every day. Better to write as the mood strikes.

Just as the winds whip up the sea, so does anger stir confusion in the mind.

I've seen so much. And I've heard so many great performers. There are performers now that couldn't work back in the days when I came along.

The only real nation is humanity