A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

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

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

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

Only love can heal the wounds of the past.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

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

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