To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Saint Augustine

He who knows little knows enough if he knows how to hold is tongue.

Italian Proverb

We take our shape, it is true, within and against that cage of reality bequeathed us at our birth; and yet is precisely through our dependence on this reality that we are most endlessly betrayed.

James Baldwin

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

Henri Matisse

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Richard Armour

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

Les Brown

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Steve Martin

Neither wisdom nor good will is now dominant. Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

Jonas Salk

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.

William Wycherley

We all have times when we go home at night and pull out our hair and feel misunderstood and lonely and like we're falling. I think the brain is such that there is always going to be something missing.

Jude Law

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

James F. Byrnes

In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Leo Tolstoy