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

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

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

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.