The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.

I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

I had no goals, no ambitions. That left me free to wander and amuse myself.

Teachers and leaders and storytellers and healers will grow from the earth like blessed flowers, blossoming outward with Divine guidance, to lead the rest.

I don't want adventure.""I think you do. I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.

Only your mind can produce fear.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

When I'm making something I need it to be catchy - I need it to hit the sweet spot.

May love fill your heart, compassion guide your mind, faith rule your soul.

I got quite bored when I was hanging in the air. I want to do it without a parachute next.

Boys and boys' body image and clothes have become just as important an issue for boys as for girls.

And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.