A labor of love is exalted because it provides joy and self-expression to those who perform it.

We see things not as they are, but as we are. Our perception is shaped by our precious experiences.

Success is knowing that one other human being has breathed a little easier because you lived.

If you're the smartest one of your friends, you need new friends.

A setback is nothing but a setup for a comeback.

Success by its very nature demands a period of overcoming, a process by which we become strong in broken places.

Make your breaking point your turning point.

Don't give until it hurts, give until it feels good.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.

I create my music for fun not because I have to, that is why it sounds magical and unique

They were connoisseurs of boredom. They savoured the various bouquets of the subtly differentiated boredoms which rose from the long, wasted hours at the dead end of night.

No photographer is better than the simplest of cameras

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

If I was a criminal, stationery stores and bakeries would be the two kinds of places I would concentrate on.

One lesson to learn is that the press and the broadcasters are not neutral. And it seems we have to learn it each time there is a dispute: they are actually committed to one side.

My head was spinning, I had never seen blood. Four years old, this don't feel like love.

Kaizen means ongoing improvement involving everybody, without spending much money.