Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That’s the only way to become what you’re meant to be.

A single dream is more than enough to change the world.

When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

Pain is a debt paid off with time.

All human beings, in their infinite variety, are part of a continuum that must grow and flourish. Our stories are our shared inheritance.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A man is not truly dead while his name is still spoken.