“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness.

I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me.

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words that are clear; the great truth has great silence.