Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

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

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

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

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.