Travel, leave everything, copy the birds. The home is one of civilization’s sadnesses.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Sometimes, the scales of justice find a level of their own, without our help... And sometimes, in seeking justice, we don't always serve it.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally slowly.

Having a little fun at my work does not make me any less of an artist and people who appreciate truly beautiful and original creations in pottery are not frightened by innocent tomfoolery!

Priesthood ordinances are the pathway to the power of godliness.

I have a lot to learn from designers.

My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.

I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic.

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.