Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Living with regrets is like driving a car that only moves in reverse.

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

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.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding.