We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

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

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

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

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

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

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.