#inspiration

"To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness."

"God is never tired of bringing the sun out every morning, taking it in the evenings and bringing out the moon."

"At last everything was satisfactorily arranged, and I could not help admiring the setting: these mingled touches betrayed on a small scale the inspiration of a poet, the research of a scientist, the good taste of an artist, the gourmet’s fondness for good food, and the love of flowers, which concealed in their delicate shadows a hint of the love of women"

"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder."

"All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired."

"When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined branches, do not the stately shadows of the wood, the stillness of the place, and the awful gloom of this doomed cavern then strike you with the presence of a deity?"

"Create your world with God's Word in your mouth just say it and it will be accomplished!"

"Curiosity is the single most important attribute with which humans are born. More than a simple desire to discover or know things, curiosity is a powerful tool, like a scalpel or a searchlight. Curiosity changes us. It is also a way to effect change, perhaps even on a global level."

"I think you don't grow up until you stop worrying about other people's purposes or lack of them and find the purposes you believe in for yourself."

"If you have a painting in you, paint. If you have a song to sing, sing. Don’t judge your creation. Just create it. Banish doubt and fear and step out of your own way if you have to. Write if you’re a writer and invent if you’re an inventor. Do what you were born to do. Only then will you know a remarkable life."

"Concerning the popularity of vampire books:I don't get it. I think people should read about bloody, heart-singing, mind-searing spirituality. Live your heart’s song, not its drippings."

"Music is the beat of a drum that keeps time with our emotions."

"Think it. Write it. Sell it."

"We must experience certain things in life, even in our childhood, so we can later look back and value the journey."

"What kind of life can you have in a house without books?"

"Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory."

"If I never got to make a living doing what I loved, I'd still do it--for fun and for free."

"Silence is so steadfast, you know. It is so ample, after all."

"The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn't produce a hero to look upto."

"You have to find your own shtick. A Picasso always looks like Picasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven symphony always sounds like a Beethoven symphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own."