Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

You don't meet the people you love, you recognize them.

I believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

To have courage for whatever comes in life — everything lies in that.

The best advice I ever got when I was starting out: Never give up. And I never did.

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

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

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

Patience is also a form of action.

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

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding.