Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.

Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.

Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.

Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.

I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.

A work is finished when an artist realizes his intentions.

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

… between the irrational promoted in churches and the Darwinian pseudo-science taught in schools, a revolution in the way we understand reality is not only necessary but also long overdue.

That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.

Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!

Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming.

Poverty is when large efforts produce small results. Wealth is when small efforts produce large results.

When there's a teacher who embodies presence, then it seems to come for a while through that opening. The teacher is an opening to presence.

Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding.

Real reading is a lonely activity.

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

I'm glad to be a role model, but beyond that I'm a flawed human being, someone who continues to deal with my body image and what my purpose is on the planet.