When someone with the authority of a teacher describes the world and you’re not in it, there’s a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.

There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

We must use what we have to invent what we desire.

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.

The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.

Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Friends don’t come ready-made or one-size-fits-all. True friends are always custom fit and one-of-a-kind…just for you.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

Messi is the great player of this generation, like there were great players in other generations.

I think it's a conundrum. If we have no laws on this, people take it to one extension further, does it have to be humans, you know?

My mother wasnʹt sleeping with anybody. She doesnʹt even sleep with my father.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Selling is not a static activity.

I like things to be a little bit absurd. But I don't really like playing covers.

As time progressed, my songwriting developed out of my bass, because that's all I could do. I decided to take it as far as it could go and to use my skill as a tool.