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.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.

I was hostile to the white man... At times we did not get enough to eat.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.