What is once well done is done forever.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there’s been a liberating force that’s come from it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don’t need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.
The serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.
We learn geology the morning after the earthquake.
