Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

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

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

In quietness the soul expands.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

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

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