In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.
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It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say -- because they were too obvious.
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Believe those who are seeking the truth doubt those who find it.
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It is better to be hated for who you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Art is a collarboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
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Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
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