Whatever you want emotionally, you have to start giving away.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Words are the clothing of our thoughts.

If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

We all accept too easily that life has to be hard and forget to make sure we have the most fun we can.

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

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

Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it.

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves.

One day, if you have a little bit of talent and a lot of hard work, you're going to find out who you are.

A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future.