I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes.

Defeat ends when we launch into another battle. Failure has no end: it is a lifetime choice.

Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way.

People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.

When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.

Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it.

Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day. “Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” “But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a woman of the dessert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights when I’m thinking about her.” “Well, that’s good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.