That’s the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I felt it shelter to speak to you.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

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

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

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

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

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

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

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