Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The only lasting truth is change.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

Some things are best mended by a break.