The world only exists in your eyes... You can make it as big or as small as you want.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

I never practice, I always play.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.