The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

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

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.

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

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

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

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