"And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

"The universe is big. It's vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes—very rarely—impossible things just happen and we call them miracles."

"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one."

"If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going."

"When they say the sky's the limit to me that's really true"

"Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it."

"Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you."

"The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything."

"You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done."

"You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward"

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for."

"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul."

"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."

"Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes."

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"But that was life: Nobody got a guided tour to their own theme park. You had to hop on the rides as they presented themselves, never knowing whether you would like the one you were in line for...or if the bastard was going to make you throw up your corn dog and your cotton candy all over the place."

"Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them."

"Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle."

"Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to force the Muse to show up. You get into the habit of writing every day so that when she shows up, you have the maximum chance of catching her, bashing her on the head, and squeezing every last drop out of that bitch."

"A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished."