The older I get, the more I want to be authentically myself.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

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

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

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

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

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.