We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.

When the bright angel [of creativity] dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony.

I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive . . . and open to growth.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.