The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

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

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

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

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

Some things are best mended by a break.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.