No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.

Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.

Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

Faith keeps our ships moving, while empathy and the memories of our experiences lead to wisdom.

Relearning from children their need to question and discover can ignite one's creativity and reveal more possibilities.

Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

Art is literacy of the heart

Mehr als das Leben lieb' ich meine Freiheit. More than life, I cherish freedom.

My weeks tend to differ pretty dramatically.

Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.

Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold of you the moment you step out into the glare of the floodlights.

Maybe my fairy tale has a different ending than I dreamed it would. But that's OK.