All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

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

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others; it’s about how it feels to you.