One has to shut off that nagging part of the mind and go on without it with bravo and philosophy.

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

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

People living deeply have no fear of death.

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

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

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

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

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

If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.