It is important that the musician just lets the music be written.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

Perhaps the greatest test of love is the way we act in times of need.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

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

A talent grows by being used, and withers if it is not used.

There is only one proof of ability — action.

Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy.