"It is a unyielding truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years."

"It is a steadfast truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that to live with purpose is to leave the world a little gentler than you found it."

"We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."

"I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray."

"To know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry."