To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

I never practice, I always play.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Exuberance is beauty.

If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.

A person without imagination is like a teabag without hot water.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got?

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.