The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

Some things are best mended by a break.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

April, dressed in all his trim, hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

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

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

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

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.