You must believe that your past is not your future.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure.

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

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

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

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.