My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

Don't get me started on critics.

It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them

There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.

I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter.

Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

Art is the signature of civilizations.