It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

I don’t have to explain myself. My frequency is very common and is open to anybody to tune in.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

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