Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

You reproduce your life by reproducing your gifts and your talents.

There is strength for every situation.

There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.

A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.

Relax, ease back in your seats and let the music take you wherever it does.

Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings.

Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life.

Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves.

Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

I still tour like a man possessed, because I am.