The power of storytelling is exactly this: to bridge the gaps where everything else has crumbled.

Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens, after that we must waste none of our energy on it.

The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one who carried them.

What people regard as vanity—leaving great works, having children, acting in such a way as to prevent one's name from being forgotten—I regard as the highest expression of human dignity.

Never give up. When your heart becomes tired, just walk with your legs - but move on.

It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.

Every scar has a life of its own and a space in my heart.