Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

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

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

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

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

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

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

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

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

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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