The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.

It is rarely in the world's history that its ideal has been one of joy and beauty. The worship of pain has far more often dominated the world.

To call an artist morbid because he deals with morbidity as his subject-matter is as silly as if one called Shakespeare mad because he wrote ‘King Lear.

It is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.

Most personalities have been obliged to be rebels. Half their strength has been wasted in friction.

Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.

You make me burn with life, and yearn to set aside my cold and distant, solitary ways.

If you want to reach a state of Bliss - make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge.

To multiply the harbors does not reduce the sea.

There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing easy to make it go far. Finish high to make it go straight.

Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.

Be nice to your siblings. They are your link to the past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

In Russia, we had tough times. Only one puck, I always wanted the puck, so I learn how to keep it and make space and get puck when other guy has it.

It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.

Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one, till all are gone.