I would tell my younger self, just be yourself — that who you are is good enough.

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

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

If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

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

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.