A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.