My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become a General. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.” Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. - Pablo Picasso.

Questioner: I have so much to do. I just cannot afford to keep my mind quiet. 

Nisargadatta Maharaj: It is because of your illusion that you are the doer. In reality, things are done to you, not by you. - from 'I Am That', Chapter 93.