Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.