Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
To be human is to be in constant negotiation with chaos.
The only thing that is impossible is the thing you don’t try.
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
A great artwork doesn’t just reflect the world—it changes the way we see it.
I hope the Pacific is as blue as I dreamed it was.