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

If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

The world only exists in your eyes... You can make it as big or as small as you want.

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

If you follow the natural intentions, you get the most success out of life.

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

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

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