Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

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

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

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

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.