I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.