Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

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

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.