Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

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

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.