Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind.

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.

Change was coming.Change was coming, and it was good.

Communication creates collaboration. Big ears are better than big egos. When you’re not listening, ask good questions.

The earth is not supposed to be developed and civilized by prayers alone, the earth is supposed to be civilized by hard work, labour and diligence.

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

The computer will live your life, listen to you and understand you better than humans can.

True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes.

Let us also once more rejoice in, and thank God for, the fact that we know nothing about Homer, and practically nothing about Shakespeare.

Every human being needs to feel safe and secure in their life.

I thought I was a pretty good writer, but I didn't have anything to write about. I wanted to go out in the world, have some adventures and then write about them.

You know what I hate about people who criticize you? They - they criticize what you say but they never give you credit for how loud you say it.