Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.