Poetry in the soul ennobles the insignificant. Something in us does yearn for the ideal.

Walk with care in dark places, and do not put your faith in anyone who promises you the forgiveness of the Lord or a certain place in Paradise.

We can find peace among ourselves, when we find peace with nature.

I don't aim to be the most important person in the world. I strive to constantly do my best, so as to manifest the best in me.

Women have their own braveries, their own mighty courageousness that is of woman, and not to be compared with the courage shown by man.

It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.

In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.

The work all comes from a psychological need. See the images that I make... It's really a psychological need. I'm just jerked around by it. I'm pulled by it.

I'm perfectly capable of being stupid on my own.

Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.