Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.

The expert at anything was once a beginner.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

If you rest, you rust.