Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

You can't blend in when you were born to stand out.

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.

I wish everyday could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness.

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.

There are always going to be jerks in the world . . . [but] there are more good people on this earth than bad people, and the good people watch out for each other and take care of each other.

One mistake does not define you.

Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

Not all the problems must be solved! Stick to this philosophy and you will save awful a lot of time! Stick to this philosophy!

We have yet to find a significant case where the company did not move in the direction of the chief executive's home.

Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure

What is the world full of? It is full of things that arise, persist, and cease. Grasp and cling to them, and they produce suffering. Don't grasp and cling to them, and they do not produce suffering.

When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.

Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK.

My wife and I went back to the hotel where we spent our wedding night. Only this time, I stayed in the bathroom and cried.

I may think I have inalienable rights to be alive and happy but I don't - life is a blessing.

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.