Some illusions...are the shadows of great truths.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Moonlight is sculpture.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us to forget their existence.

The perfect orchestration of the symphony of life is one of the Creator's greatest and most beautiful miracles.

If people are not in the process of production, they don’t deserve anything.

No. This has to do with drugs." My jaw fell open and I almost lost my toothbrush. "You're on drugs?" She pressed her mouth together. "No. You are." "I'm on drugs?" I asked, stunned. I had no idea.

The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone.

I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.

[Partly as a consequence of male authority] prestige value always attaches to the activities of men.

I am qualified for this position, have a right to run for it, and am in the race.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.

Just because you're a good caddie doesn't mean to say that you're the one that can put a player over the top. A good caddie doesn't necessarily help you've got to gel.