Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

The great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in one’s neighbors, friends and family, in one’s backyard.

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.

I failed my way to success.

While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all of the time.

Every artist was first an amateur.

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be.

I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.