To be wise was to be above joy and sorrow, fear and pity, ambition and humiliation. It was to hate nothing and to love nothing, and above all to be utterly indifferent to the love and hate of others.

Every real story is a never ending story.

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

There are many kinds of joy, but they all lead to one: the joy to be loved.

Once someone dreams a dream, it can't just drop out of existence. But if the dreamer can't remember it, what becomes of it?

My will can control anything that’s empty.

A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.

There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love.

Wishes cannot be summoned up or kept away at will. They come from deeper within us than good or bad intentions. And they spring up unannounced.

Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.

Stars are the souls of old sailors. They plot the skies and guide the wayward home.

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.

As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing with it the rest of the character.

We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.

The one thing that Via Dolorosa has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion.

You have to love yourself or you'll never be able to accept compliments from anyone.

Sometimes it takes a germ of an idea, which takes a long time to digest.

I'd stop calling it "chemotherapy." I'd call it "transformational juice." Infusion suites would become "transformational suites" or "journey rooms."

My mom said the two most important kitchen utensils are attached to your arms... you cannot mix up meatballs with a wooden spoon, get in there, get your fingers dirty!

Going after ISIS, it's beautiful, I like it.