Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear — not absence of fear.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

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

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.