I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

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

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Live for each second without hesitation.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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