It is defeat which educates us.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind.

We shouldn't romanticize rejection. There's nothing romantic about rejection. It's horrible.

I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear.

Meditation is the calm in the chaos, the fastest way to settle down and get in touch with the stillness within.

As those who believe in the visibility of ghosts can easily see them, so it is always easy to see repulsive qualities in those we despise and hate.

The Muslim community should not be treated as a problematic community, but treated as a community that is willing to play its role in the mainstream.

Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.

As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking.

So well thy words become thee as thy wounds.