Seek first the virtues of the mind; and other things either will come, or will not be wanted.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

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

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

The only lasting truth is change.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

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

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.