Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

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

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.

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

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

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

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

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.