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

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

The only lasting truth is change.

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

Success is the process itself.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.