He taught them that the purpose of a man is to make his life holy--every aspect of his life: eating, drinking praying, sleeping. God is everywhere, he told them, and if it seems at times that He is hidden from us, it is only because we have not yet learned to seek Him correctly.

... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.

Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.

As you grow older you will discover that the most important things that will happen to you will often come as a result of silly things, as you call them --"ordinary things" is a better expression. That is the way the world is.

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

It is when you are angry that you must watch how you talk.