Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.
People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.
You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.
If your are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.
I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.
If Euclid's point, though incapable of being drawn by any human agency, has an imperishable value, my picture has its own for mankind to live.
The best way to GET forgiveness is to GIVE forgiveness.