The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations should be valued as manifestations of the richness of our shared creativity.

Embrace your dreams and advance as far as they can take you.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

One's true worth as a human being is not a matter of outward appearance or title, but derives rather from the breadth of one's spirit. Everything comes down to faith and conviction. It is what is in one's heart, and the substance of one's actions that count.

The course of our lives is determined by how we react--what we decide and what we do--at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.

The gratification of desire is not happiness.

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.