I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite... Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones

I feel I can give you everything without giving myself away, I whispered in your basement bed. If one does one's solitude right, this is the prize.