Born on October 14th

"In the field of resilience & focus, we are not defined by the weight of our struggles, but by the strength we find when we rise."

"Like a lighthouse in the storm, your inner resolve must remain steady and bright. As a historical figure, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"The hardest trials do not consume the gold; they refine the spirit and clear the path ahead."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."

"If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one."

"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows."

"Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin."

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect."

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."

"Be of love a little more careful than of anything."

"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit."

"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance."

"A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man."

"Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense."

"Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question."

"I imagine that yes is the only living thing."

"Kisses are a better fate than wisdom."

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes."

"Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go."

"Unbeing dead isn't being alive."

"It takes three to make a child."

"Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink."

"The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful."

"America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still."