Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

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

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

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

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

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

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

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

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

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.