It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

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

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

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

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 chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

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

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