We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

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

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

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

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

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

'Tis never too late to be wise.