The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.

You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.

Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act.

It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it. This theory believes that love is a magical force which frees us from all suffering and solves every problem, that it is an end unto itself. To a limited extent, there may be some truths to each of these beliefs, but having the capacity to love is not the same as having the ability to love.

A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.