I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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

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

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.