"The true measure of a man is the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd."

"Beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art."

"The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal the good one really does."