Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Disappointment leads to clarity, which leads to conviction and true originality.

Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.

I only know that I know nothing

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.

The more perfect we are, the more quiet and gentle we become towards others.