Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.

We must not allow any clock to run down.

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

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

I gave up drinking once — it was the worst afternoon of my entire life.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars