“Far better to live your own path imperfectly than to live another’s perfectly.”

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get — only what you are expecting to give — which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it really has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving.”

“The secret of life…is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.”

“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.”

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”