Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Dive deep. Drown willingly

Discover your soul.

Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams

It takes self-discipline and persistence action to achieve the goal.

Never make decisions from a place of lack.

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

And it's hard at the end of the day

What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.