Horace Walpole Quotes

My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

Most of what I've learnt is too personal or controversial to share, but nevertheless, experiences have helped me understand things better and have been necessary for what my journey in future will be.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

Some lessons take years to learn, with repeated exposure to the same path sometimes shadowed by the inner conscience of own souls. But eventually we learn, and our journey continues in another direction.

My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

I felt that with 'In A Perfect World' I was still kind of finding myself - not just as a musician, but also in love and in life.

As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

My life has been such a blur since I was 18, 19 years old. I haven't even had time to contemplate my own life. By forcing yourself to write your life story you learn a great deal about yourself.

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

Everything that I've done has made me who I am today. You know, it's cliche, but it's true.

We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

I think you just learn so much about yourself over the years.

You are the best lessons you learn from life. I have grown up learning from my life.

Every year you learn as a person, about yourself, what works for you and what doesn't.

I think that no matter how old you get, you are always learning about yourself.