If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength

Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.