The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

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

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

If it is true for you, it is true for someone else, and you are no longer alone.

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.