The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

The only lasting truth is change.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

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

Love comes… when you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

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

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

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.