A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

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

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

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.