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

The first time you do something only happens once.

Optimism is a happiness magnet.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

Love is a tenacious adventure.

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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