Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.

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

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

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

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.