Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.

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

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

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

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

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

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

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

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