In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

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

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

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