Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

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

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.