Embrace your dreams and advance as far as they can take you.

A great work of art is one that truly moves and inspires you. You yourself must be moved. Don't look at art with others' eyes. Don't listen to music with others' ears. You must react to art with your own feelings, your own heart and mind.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.