The artist who gives up an hour of work for an hour of conversation with a friend knows that he is sacrificing a reality for something that does not exist.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.

When you work to please others you can't succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone's interest.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.

Take the road less travelled. Get lost if you must, because only in losing yourself will you find your true path...

In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.

A fighter has to know fear.

Giving up my heels was harder than giving up the drugs.

People who were really good at playing or singing seemed boring to me.

Funny is funny. And if it's good, it travels.

Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.

When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

My eyes make pictures when they are shut.