How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Vulnerability is important. You can’t let your skin get too thick.

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

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

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Love is a tenacious adventure.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.