Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

You don’t measure love in time. You measure love in transformation.

Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.

There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

Ultimately, art is trying to see things that other people don't see.

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

A talent grows by being used, and withers if it is not used.

Perhaps the greatest test of love is the way we act in times of need.

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness — it has no taste.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.