The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

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

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Art is a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from life's chaos.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.