With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Keep a green tree alive in your heart, and a songbird may come to sing there.

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body.

Teachers open doors, but you must enter by yourself.

If you are in the business of revenge, then you better dig two graves.

He who is afraid of suffering, is already suffering fear. Out of fear, true creativity is blocked.

You have two lives the second one begins when you realize you only have one

Behind an able man there are always other able men.

Misfortune comes to all men.

To say that, “I will not agree (will not accept)” is great egoism!

There is no such thing as control of a situation. If we try to do this, it turns back on us in negativity.

What you believe your future holds for you impacts your attitude, decisions and success.

I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tombs of the Capulets.

For me they are no different, reality and dreams.

Writing generally, it may be said that in design, roof, and general aspect, Japanese Buddhist temples are all alike. The sacred architectural idea expresses itself in nearly the same form always.

My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.

There's never any reason to trust someone. If there's a reason, then it's not trust. -Terence

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?

Perhaps the people I choose to paint are often objects of derision - celebrity is a bit of a put-down term, isn't it? But to me they are my world.