Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

Never surrender to the flow of time. Never put off what you have decided to do.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.

Everything in the world began with a yes.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.