Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

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

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

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

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

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

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

All experience is great providing you live through it.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.