Ruins, for me, are the beginning. With the debris, you can construct new ideas.

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

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

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

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

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

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

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