“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”

Change is the end result of all true learning.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

The better part of one's life consists in his friendships.

If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason—for then we would know the mind of God.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.