One has to shut off that nagging part of the mind and go on without it with bravo and philosophy.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

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

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

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.