It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you - when he comes down from the mountain and you see he's this man with weaknesses. And you love him as this whole being, not as a figurehead.
Too many people are not living their dreams because they are too focused on avoiding their fears. Beat the fear, live the dream.
If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
Your happiness is meaningless unless it is linked with the total liberation of people around you! You matter; others also matter! Live life so well!
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways you yourself have altered.
