The cause of Freedom and the cause of Peace are bound together.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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

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

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

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.