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

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

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.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

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

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

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.