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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

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

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

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