You don't meet the people you love, you recognize them.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

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

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

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.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Some things are best mended by a break.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.