“If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of even one small candle.”

“No candle loses any of its light when it lights another one.”

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“Teach thy tongue to say, “I do not know,” and thus you shall progress.”

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”