Take a canvas. Put a mark on it. Put another mark on it.

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

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

In quietness the soul expands.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

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

Only love can heal the wounds of the past.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.