All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

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

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.