There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

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

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

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

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

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

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.