To be careful with people and with words was a rare and beautiful thing.

The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.

Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that.

Love is really... a recognition of another person’s integrity and truth.

The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.