To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

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

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

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

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.