Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

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

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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

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