Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

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

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

You can't learn style. Style, I think, is in your DNA.

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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

Learning never exhausts the mind.