Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.