Do you want to do this thing? Sit down and do it.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

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

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

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

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

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

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

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