Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Some people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

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

All mistakes teach us something, so there are, in reality, no mistakes.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

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