This stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted, and shaky — that's called liberation.

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.

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

In quietness the soul expands.

Exuberance is beauty.

Optimism is a happiness magnet.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.