The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

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

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

I found my place when I stopped looking for it.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

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