I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.

A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it

The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.

Don't struggle so much, the best things happen when not expected.

If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.

There are many roads, there are many choices, but never forget to chose the road of peace and happiness.

Debt is the worst poverty.

I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet.

Ask forgiveness, not permission. But make sure you bring your results with you.

In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.

Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages.

Always watch your back - when I was fourteen I got a tattoo of an eye on the back of my neck, so I could say I was always watchin' my back.

Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.

but the bravest man among us is afraid of himself

You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion.