We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

The only lasting truth is change.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

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

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.