The image is one thing and the human being is another… it's very hard to live up to an image.

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding.

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

Ideas are like fish... if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.

Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them.

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind.

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.