You are what you love, not what loves you.

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

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

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

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

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

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.