Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

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

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.