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.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

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