Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other.

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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

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

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

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.