What good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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

Success is the process itself.

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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Some things are best mended by a break.

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