“It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere.”

“Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.”

“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.”

“Ben Says: Without truly believing in yourself...SUCCESS will always be  impossible.:)Timothy PinaBullying Ben”

“Certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and mean spirited things do occur in our interactions with other people that would allow us to take offense. However, it ultimately is impossible for another person to offend you or to offend me. Indeed, believing that another person offended us is fundamentally false. To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else.”

“Just as hundreds of brushstrokes comprised a finished canvas, people were made up of a lifetime of experiences, both good and bad. And without knowing what someone had endured, it was impossible to truly know them - and accept them - for who they were.”