Not many can admit their fears, but those who can lead a fulfilling life of happiness knowing they hide nothing and need not to.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than about what others are saying, and we never listen when we are eager to speak.

Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love.

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

One half of the world can not understand the pleasures of the other.