Integrity, wisdom, skill, intelligence – such things are forged in adversity.

The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

Words that defy reality are ominous. And it’s ominous reality that confronts those who would obscure the wise and worthy.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

People are distressed by their inability to do it. The problem, however, is simply that they don't do it.

All beneath Heaven is rooted in nation. Nation is rooted in family. And family is rooted in self.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

Principles have no real force except when one is well fed.

All movements go too far.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger, and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.

Life is not about "OR" - it is about "AND". It is magical and messy. It is heartwarming and heartbreaking. It is delight and disappointment. Grace and grief. Exquisite and excruciating, often at the exact same time.

I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.