Chance favors only the prepared mind.

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

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

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

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.