One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

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

If you follow the natural intentions, you get the most success out of life.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

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

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

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.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.