Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

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

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

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

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

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

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

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

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