If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.
The secret to happiness is to put the burden of proof on unhappiness.
In the time it takes you to understand a 14-year-old, he turns 15.
When it seems that something can't be done, start it, and see if the rest of it can be done.
It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.
I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.