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

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

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

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

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

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

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

Don’t be afraid to be confused. Try to remain permanently confused. Anything is possible.

All experience is great providing you live through it.