To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

Maybe it wasn't meant for me to stand on my feet

The great thing about life-the most magnificent thing about being these sentient human beings-is that we have been given the power of choice.

Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.

All that makes a lunatic are the very ordinary ideas of mankind shut up inside a man's head.

Open your eyes, mind and heart to the astonishing miracles of life, to the beauty surrounding you, to the uniqueness of your being, to the wonders you can achieve.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.