The beginning of wisdom is to do away with fear.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

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

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

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

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

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

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

Love comes… when you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.