We all accept too easily that life has to be hard and forget to make sure we have the most fun we can.

And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.

When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.

Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.

The beginning of wisdom is to do away with fear.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come.