Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

Some things are best mended by a break.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

People living deeply have no fear of death.