The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

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

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

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

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

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

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