Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillfull, swift, and steady.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

I have been stabbed, shot, burned, bitten, beaten unconscious too many times to count, and even staked. None of those held a candle to the pain I felt at seeing his mouth on hers.

How long you will live in your dreams? The time is now, it's better to go and follow them..

Place a weapon in the hands ofGreed, hatred, especially of ignoranceYou've created innocent deathsThat wasn't neccasary

It is how we respond to loss that matters. That response will largely determine the quality, the direction, and the impact of our lives.

Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations.

When I work on music, I never think about vocalists. They're the last person I'm making music for.

I don't go on vacation. I don't really need vacation.

I consider myself fortunate that photography exists, because otherwise I'd be stuck in the tragedy of ephemeralness that can come with installation art.

I like my life alone.

Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.