To lead people, walk behind them.

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.

Tenderness is the most modest form of love.

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.

It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.

Waking life is a dream controlled.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The only thing we can do is honestly learn from our falls.

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep.