If you make a mistake, celebrate.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

I never think of policemen's wives

Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe.

Morality exists in the neurons as a natural sensation. Religion only tries to codify it.

Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.

Always be a beginner at something, and always be in love with what you are beginning.

You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache.

Character is fate. (Destiny).

I am a big fan of music in terms of storytelling device.

Inasmuch as you pray with all your soul for the one who has slandered you, so much will God reveal the truth to them who have believed the slander.

We don't deserve anything; we must work for everything.