Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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 about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

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

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Love comes… when you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

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