What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
A contented mind is the best source for trouble.
All men love themselves.
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
The man who masters his own soul will forever be called conqueror of conquerors.
Only you can judge your life. You have to live up to your own expectations.
Photography's about the surface, what's happening at the top of the sea. Literature's about all the stuff below.
I decided to start anew-to strip away what I had been taught, to accept as true my own thinking. This was one of the best times of my life. There was no one around to look at what I was doing, no one interested, no one to say anything about it one way or another. I was alone and singularly free, working into my own, unknown-no one to satisfy but myself. I began with charcoal and paper and decided not to use any color until it was impossible to do what I wanted to do in black and white. I believe it was June before I needed blue.
I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.