Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

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

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

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

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

Some things are best mended by a break.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

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

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.