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

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

It’s better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

Some people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power.