“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

Success is not about seeking constant external approval; it's about having self-belief and trusting your instincts to make bold decisions.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.