Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.