“In life we must be willing to take risks, for that is the only way progress is attained.”

“It does not matter where one comes from, one can achieve even the greatest of things in life.”

“Any goal in life is attainable as long as one follows it consistently.”

“He who has patience, evidently what he pursues must ensue, and come to pass. To every man, this is what he must cultivate above all other things.”

“It is the man who loves reading books who gets to know himself”

“The best writing is when one writes from the soul”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“when you look to some one, That moment you looked away from yourself.”

“Start now, do not wait for things to be perfect”

“Keep your heart free of hate.”

“The ultimate foundation of spirituality is the recognition that there can't be such a thing as a purposeful life in a purposeless universe.”

“George, she says it's the truth that matters. We live and die for the chance to maybe tell a little bit of the truth, maybe shame the Devil just a little bit before we go.”

“Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use his reasoning faculty in all matters involving truth, and especial...”