First, then, God, being all-just, wishes to do justice; being all-wise, knows what justice is; being all-powerful, can do justice. Why then injustice?

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

My art and profession is to live.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.

Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.