"Nothing so demoralizes the forces of the soul as fear. Only as we realize the presence of the Lord does fear give place to faith."

“Love without friendship is like a kite, aloft only when the winds are favorable. Friendship is what gives love its wings.”

“The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.”

“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”

Source : Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.248, Atlantic Books Ltd

“People have the idea that an image must stand for something else, that the real meaning needs to be described with language. Instead it is the image itself that is the meaning.”

“No night so wild but brings the constant sun With love and power untold; No time so dark but through its woof there run Some blessed threads of gold.”

Source : Christopher Pearse Cranch (1875). “The Bird and the Bell: With Other Poems”, p.238

“I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here”

“In my view, art and the approach to life through art, using it as a vehicle for education and even for doing science is so vital that it is part of a great new revolution that is taking place. I believe we are entering a whole new epoch.”

“Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.”