You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

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

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

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

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

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

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

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

The world is like a mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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