A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Love is a tenacious adventure.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

The first time you do something only happens once.

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.

To fight unhappiness one must first expose it.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.