It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

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

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

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.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

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

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

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