In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

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

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

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

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Some things are best mended by a break.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

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

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