The more side roads you stop to explore, the less likely that life will pass you by.

What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.

Never mind the odds against you. If you doubled your effort, what would the odds against you do — send for reinforcements?

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

It's not that perfection cannot be achieved. It's that it's so hard to stop there.

Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing.

The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.