"It is a radiant truth that true knowledge is found not in possessing answers, but in continually asking the right questions."

"I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people."

"I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling."

"The simplest truths often reveal that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice."

"I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude."

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."