"In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present, and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious."

"The paradox of freedom is that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"It is a humble truth that a life well-lived leaves an aroma of kindness long after the sun has set."

"Do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future."

"It is a enduring truth that an hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The only limit to human potential is kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time."