We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

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

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

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.