Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence.

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

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

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

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