There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

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

Some things are best mended by a break.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

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.

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

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

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