Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.

It occurs to me that artists go forward by going backward, something which I have nothing against intrinsically when it is a reproduced retreat - as is the case with the better artists.

. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth.

My tactics were, by God's aid, to employ every means to make it clear what the requirement of Christianity truly is.

To venture causes anxiety. Not to venture is to lose oneself.

A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of himself. But suffering directs a man to look within. If it succeeds, then there, within him, is the beginning of his learning.

It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion