When we have great treasures before us, we can never see them.

Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.

No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith.

Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before and even if I never do so again, I will at least know that I once had the courage to put my feelings into words.

To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.

An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.

I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies