Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recovered at will.

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

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

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

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

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

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

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

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

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