Storms probably exist only because after them we can have a sunrise.

It is simply this: do not tire, never lose interest, never grow indifferent—lose your invaluable curiosity and you let yourself die. It's as simple as that.

A person can find anything if he takes the time, that is, if he can afford to look. And while he's looking, he's free, and he finds things he never expected.

Maybe my passion is nothing special, but at least it's mine.

It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.

There are those who stay at home and those who go away, and it has always been so. Everyone can choose for himself, but he must choose while there is still time and never change his mind.

You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.

You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much.

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

A leader must be taught or made to know the importance of justice for the people.

Think you're a slave and you'll find a master

Paradoxes are less paradoxical in their reference to truth than most of the most plausible axioms.

People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore.

Faith is never identical with piety.

Every creative act draws on the past whether it pretends to or not. It draws on what it knows. There's no such thing, really, as a creative act in a vacuum.

I havent mastered the art of sitting and smiling.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk­toast ministries and books

Change is always in regard to something which does not change, or which changes relatively less.