All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.

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

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.