I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Birds do not attend flight schools

Let those who live never forget those who died!

Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.

You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.

Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.

I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.

We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need.

Standing Rock is a moment in history. We really have to grab it and go with it.

The struggle for justice doesn't end with me. This struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me.

We have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller)