One’s dream is defeated not by unsolvable problems, but by all the more-or-less satisfactory solutions that kill it forever.
Hope is a walk through a flowering meadow. One does not require that it lead anywhere.
Though you lose all hope, there is still hope, and it loves to surprise.
Always keep your home presentable, assuming you keep a home for purposes of presentation.
If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible.
There are many experts on how things have been done up to now. If you think something could use a little improvement, you are the expert.
The little money I have – that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.
It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had.
When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.
Sometimes in tragedy we find our life’s purpose – the eye sheds a tear to find its focus.
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.
I refuse to be burdened by vague worries. If something wants to worry me, it will have to make itself clear.
I complain that the years fly past, but then I look in a mirror and see that very few of them actually got past.
The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality.
Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It’s a cha-cha.
Count no day lost in which you waited your turn, took only your share and sought advantage over no one.
Life becomes easier when learn to accept the apology you never got.
How often in life we complete a task that was beyond the capability of the person we were when we started it.
Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.
Once an absurdity is accepted as truth, it will seem truer the more absurd it is shown to be.