Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

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.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.