No amount of thinking can stop thinking.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman.

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God.

I'm trying to make music a sensual expression, not an academic experiment.

When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.

Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

Understand that you need to sell you and your ideas in order to advance your career, gain more respect, and increase your success, influence and income.

You have to maintain a culture of transformation and stay true to your values.

You can't wake up looking for the recession.

Growing up, I had a ton of friends, and I had a great life, but people still made fun of me sometimes.