With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Don?t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.

We're lost, but we're making good time

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

Human dignity consists in the role we must play in our own perfection. Taking a role in our own self-completion is the highest expression of our creativity.

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.

My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.