A talent grows by being used, and withers if it is not used.

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

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

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that.

The first time you do something only happens once.

Love is something that if you give it away, you end up having more.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.