Everything I’ve ever done that’s valuable is something I was terrified to try.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Live, and be happy, and make others so.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.

Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas.

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.

Man is indestructible because of his simple will to freedom.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.