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

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

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

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

The only lasting truth is change.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.