My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.