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 can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

"Enough" is a feast.

I never practice, I always play.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.