A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges