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

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

People living deeply have no fear of death.

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

The truth is the light and light is the truth.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.