Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

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

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Art is about finding creativity in the gutter next to you.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

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

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

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

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