Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.

Intelligence is not creative; judgment is not creative. If a sculptor is nothing but skill and mind, his hands will be without genius.

If you want to build a boat, do not instruct the men to saw wood, stitch the sails, prepare the tools and organize the work, but make them long for setting sail and travel to distant lands.

The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

* if someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows, in all the millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars.

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.