Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

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

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

I found my place when I stopped looking for it.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.