Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

You can't learn style. Style, I think, is in your DNA.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.