I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself.

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see.

The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.