“Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.”

Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.

A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.

The strong grows in solitude where the weak withers away.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.

She is of the strangest beauty and the darkest courage, and when she walks with intent the earth trembles beneath her feet.

The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ It’s more than just a race, it’s a style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.

Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.

If two actors have an equal creative give and take between them, it translates beautifully on the screen.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Beauty is transient and changes with time.

It’s funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don’t think anyone wants to walk down the street and feel vulnerable. You want to walk down the street and feel like you’re in control.