"There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic."

"When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others."

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back; a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death."

"When I say beautiful things, I'm not necessarily living them; when I live them, the beautiful thing is that words aren't necessary."

"The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."

"We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities."

"I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves."

"Words are the pen of the heart, but music is the pen of the soul."

"Leaders don't force people to follow - they invite them on a journey."