The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

Sadness may be part of life but there is no need to let it dominate your entire life.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

I'll never stop being a good person because of bad experiences with others. That's a reflection of them, not me. My heart will remain pure and my intentions will remain genuine.

No house should ever be on a hill. It should be of the hill.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.