“And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. But one thing is certain: when you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in.”

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

We have on this land that which makes life worth living.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

I hope the exit is joyful — and I hope never to return.