Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Be gentle with yourself.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

There is something about the way that you are. It’s what you were meant to be.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Ships don’t sink because of the water around them; ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down.