Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

You can't learn style. Style, I think, is in your DNA.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

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

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

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

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.