"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot."

"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"

"If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."

"A life without philosophical reflection is a vessel adrift on an uncharted sea. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."