Don’t see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it to give you the courage to do whatever you need to

But I think sometimes a person has to be forced underwater to see if they're going to drown or swim.

A secret society exists, and is living among all of us. They are neither people nor animals, but something in-between.

You have to get through the rain if you're ever going to see a rainbow.

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.

They say that not matter how old you become, when you are with your siblings, you revert back to childhood.

The highway of life was littered with the roadkill of those who didn't know when to change lanes.

To give up too easily leads to regret, yet trying and then failing can lead us to second chances if we do not accept it as a failure, but a chance to learn.

A life without rain is like the sun without shade.

Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.

The word that came to me now was "defiant." Because a person had to be defiant to be able to stand amid the wreckage of her life and instead of shaking a fist, pick up a hammer.

To find the beauty of life, don’t complain, compliment.

Nevermore shall men make slaves of others! Not in Asgard--not on Earth--not any place where the hammer of Thor can be swung--or where men of good faith hold freedom dear!

You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy.

I've got a great repertoire with my players.

A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.

By a quirk of culture and history, it could be that China has arrived today where many other 'more developed countries' will arrive tomorrow.

The surest way to a child's heart is to spend time with them

Civilization has developed executive powers far beyond its understanding.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.