Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

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

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

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

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

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

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

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.