A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

ON CHILDREN

A dream is not that which you see while sleeping, it is something that does not let you sleep.

“To me, beauty is natural beauty. If you’re naturally yourself, you’re beautiful.”

“Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”

“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”

“If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren’t your friends.”

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”

“The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.”

“A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.”

“When all the dust is settled and all the crowds are gone, the things that matter are faith, family, and friends.”

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”