The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

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

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

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

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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

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

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