“If you think we can’t change the world, It just means you're not one of those that will.”

“We really can’t change the world. We really can’t change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here and there. The best way to do this, if we are sincere, is to change ourselves!”

“You can’t change the past, it just is”

“You can’t go back, Ever. You can’t change the past. It just is…. This is our destiny. Not yours.”

“When you're soulmates, it hits you like lightning, and you know that's the one person in the world you were meant to be with. You don't think you're soulmates; you just know it's your destiny whether you like it or not.”

“You can’t magically change your. You can’t magically change your sex. You can’t magically change your age.”

“[Q: when do you think is it right to intervene in the affairs of another nation? ] I think there are conditions under which that would be possible. One basic condition is that nonviolent -- you mean violent intervention? -- that nonviolent means have been exhausted. That's one condition. A second condition is that the people of the country in which you're intervening support the intervention. Under those conditions -- and you can think of others -- intervention would be justified. However, we don't ever apply those conditions.”

“You think you're the only one?" Theo said. "Everyone has scars. We just don't all wear them on the outside.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves.”