Above all, don't fear difficult moments. The best comes from them.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

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

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

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

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

Love comes… when you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

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

Some things are best mended by a break.

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