I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves.

After night comes day. After death comes life. Even at your darkest time look around because you are never really alone. You are loved.

The only thing some people do is get older.

The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government.

I'm really quiet at home. I don't speak that much. However, when I'm in public, I make sure to speak to everyone.

Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community.

Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time you step out of your front door to do some exercise.

The older you get, the more you know about certain things.