Those who prefer their principles over their happiness, they refuse to be happy outside the conditions they seem to have attached to their happiness.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

You were born for the Kingdom of God

Create or arouse such unbridled forces and you built carnal fantasies of enormous complexity. You could lead whole populations around by their desires, by their fantasy projections.

I was murdered. Even though my heart continued to beat, I was very much deceased. All faded to black

Part of what we love about poetry is the fact that it seems ancient, that it has an authority of ancient language and ancient form, and that it's timeless, that it reaches back.

There are three kinds of men: those who are preceded by their shadow, those who are pursued by it, and those who have never seen the sun.

I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our own interests.

Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating general human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude.

I love art and I think I was destined to end up in some aspect of the arts.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself.