One ought to have the right to have a secret and to spring it as a surprise. But if you live inside a family you have neither.

It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.

A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.

Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.

It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

Who are you? No really. Way, way down deep. Who are you?

A steward in the above scripture is a servant who serves.

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.

America is a country where the Olympics and the divorce lawyers both have the same slogan - Go for the Gold.

Follow through with basic values, and remember to provide good customer service.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

I've said what I'm prepared to say in my poems, and then journalists think that you're going to tell them a whole lot more.

It seems to me every one of us is doing something meaningful for this world.