Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

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

I found my place when I stopped looking for it.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.