Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

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

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

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.