Friendship is a sheltering tree.

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.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

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

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.