Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

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

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

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

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

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

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.