“Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.”

 “People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time.”

“Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you.”

“Go for the impossible. I always tried to find my own limits. So far I did not find them, so my universe is in constant expansion.” 

“Timidity puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.” –

“‘Someday’, ‘maybe’ and ‘if’ are very dangerous words that must be avoided.” 

“Don’t listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people’s failures.”

“Tragedy always brings about radical change in our lives, a change that is associated with the same principle: loss. When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been; it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.” 

“It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future.” 

 “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”

“Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path.”

“There is always a gap between intention and action.”

“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”

“Considering the way the world is, one happy day is almost a miracle.”

“Go and get your things,’ he said. ‘Dreams mean work.”

“It’s only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the master work.”

“Don’t explain. Your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you.”

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”

“Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.”

“We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.”

“People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.”

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”

“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”

“Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is – love simply is.”

“Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.”

“You are what you believe yourself to be.”

“And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward.”

“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.”

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.”

“People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.”

“No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.”

“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.”

“Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.”

“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.”

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will.

You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.

People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.

You should treat a muse like a fairy.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle. 

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.