The devil's happy when the critics run you off.

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?

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.

Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.

Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.

Labeled fools to the world are geniuses to the cosmos.