We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.

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

What counts is not the things that happen, but what we do with them.

You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got?

Only love can heal the wounds of the past.

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

The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.