“There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.”

“When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.”

“Nothing determines me from outside, not because nothing acts upon me, but, on the contrary, because I am from the start outside myself and open to the world.”

“Power never takes a back step — only in the face of more power.”

“If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.”

“There is a disposition in every person to think he will be for himself by making less of the outside world.”

“Things outside you are projections of what's inside you, and what's inside you is a projection of what's outside. So when you step into the labyrinth outside you, at the same time you're stepping into the labyrinth inside.”

“I think that it's when we step out of the road, step outside the box, become our own person and we walk fearlessly down paths other people wouldn't look at, that true progress comes. And sometimes true beauty as well.”

“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”

“The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist.”