It is difficult to learn anything worthwhile if you only listen to those who share your views.
Words can make, and words can break.
Time cannot break bonds forged in the spirit.
Don’t allow little things to annoy you. At best, you are poisoning your soul. At worst, you are poisoning everyone around you.
Time and time again, we’ve seen that one person can make a difference. There is no reason why that person can’t be you.
It’s the little things that make life worthwhile; like breakfast in bed, every now and then.
It should be the ambition of every true artist to transform wounds and traumas into masterpieces.
No matter how old they become, our children will always be our babies.
Everything of significance you need to know about an artist hides, in plain sight, in their work.
I’ve been giving this much thought, and I’ve concluded that the greatest blessing in life is whatever genuine love, friendship, and affection we receive. The emphasis is always on the word ‘genuine’.
Life is short. Don’t ignore a relative or friend because of the cost of a phone call. You’ll only live to regret it.
Some people will rip out your heart with a steak knife then say, “Oops, sorry, do you need a plaster?
Anti-intellectualism is one of the greatest problems in the world today.
Try to teach your children everything you know, and encourage them to learn everything you don’t know.
Physical laziness is bad but intellectual laziness is intolerable.
Some people find happy people very annoying. However, this only serves to amuse happy people.
I will always choose the agony of knowledge over the bliss of ignorance.
Saying a womaniser loves women is like saying a fighter ace loves his kills.
Those who claim to need no one are selfish fools and liars.
If the door frames aren’t rattlin’, it ain’t loud enough.
All over the world, there are people dying for just one person to listen to their stories. Loneliness kills.