Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

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

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.