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

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

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

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

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

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

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.

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

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