“Life is nor about 'Having', it's about 'Being'.”

“Trying is failing with dignity.”

“True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.”

“Love isn't about what you have or who you know. It's about how you earn what you have and how you treat those you love.”

“Public life is debased because it's only the nice people who are worried about imposing their views on others.”

“We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.”

“Prior to any generalization about literature, literary texts have to be read, and the possibility of reading can never be taken for granted. It is an act of understanding that can never be observed, nor in any way prescribed or verified.”