Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

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

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

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

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.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

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