Reproducing nature slavishly is not art.
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.
You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now
Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
The power to proclaim the greatest news in heaven or on earth was not given to the angels. It was given to redeemed men . . . Every Christian is to be a witness
Earn Nicely, spend wisely and you will live happily.
I once took a poo in the woods while hunched over like an animal. It was AWESOME.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.