I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life.

My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.

Don't let your habits become handcuffs

You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.

People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?

The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on; still, we try to do just that. Sometimes, though, we learn the kind of wisdom that celebrates the open hand.

You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all that is in you, out. Escape into the open.

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.

I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.

If your tears have lost the ability to hide your pain... why shedding them?

The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life is an achievement. To do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance.

Apart from technological aspects businesses should always have the human value.

What is death if not these words that I say

In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings.

When mind and heart come together, mind serves consciousness instead of serving itself.

School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

[On Paris:] I do not know any city so beautiful and you can be unhappy there and notice your unhappiness less, having the city to look at.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.