Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.