Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.

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

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.

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

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.

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

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

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