Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit.

You mustn't confuse a single failure with a final defeat.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

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

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

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

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

The truth is the light and light is the truth.