"In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others."

“If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able to devote myself entirely to what I loved best in the world. I had never suffered poverty; I had good parents and excellent friends; I can only thank God.”

Source : Letter to M. Francais, 1875.

“When we ask we are owning our needs. Asking for love, comfort or understanding is a transaction between two people. You are saying: I have a need. It's not your problem. It's not your responsibility. You don't have to respond, but I'd like something from you. This frees the other person to connect with you freely and without obligation. When we own that our needs are our responsibility we allow others to love us because we have something to offer. Asking is a far cry from demanding. When we demand love, we destroy it.”

“To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.”

“To succeed in any undertaking, any art or any trade or any profession, simply keep it ever persistently fixed in mind as an aim, and then study to make all effort toward it play or recreation. The moment it becomes hard work, we are not advancing.”

Source : Prentice Mulford (2015). “The Prentice Mulford Premium Collection: “New Thought” Studies, Novels & Memoirs: Thoughts Are Things, The God In You, Your Forces and How to Use Them, Life By Land and Sea, Swamp Angel and more (Wisdom & Empowerment Series)”, p.441, e-artnow

“i know i'm not clever but i'm always right.”

“Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up.”

“who want to benefit from the commonwealth must contribute to the common purse.”

“If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your children or your country with them.”