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

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

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

When you enter those places of trust, or power, dream a little before you think.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.