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

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

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

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

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