You mark and celebrate errors, transforming failures into successes.

Teaching others, he corrected himself.

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

It is easy to see the glow but hard to recognize the awakening of silence.

If you are good, they say you are weak.

We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

You not only are hunted by others, you unknowingly hunt yourself.

The same word we love and hate, leaves in different directions, taking different paths.

A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.

What they want, of course, isn't what you can give them. What you're selling is the hope you can.

Needing kindness myself, I am kinder now, and we get on amazingly well. [p. 110]

Evil is maybe lying to God. Or better, lying to love.

Whenever I investigate a smell, I find that the answer is always bad. It's never: 'What is that? *sniff* muffins!'

Having fun unleashes creativity. It is one of the seeds you plant to get ideas

If your competitors start copying you then you are doing something right!

How people themselves perceive what they are doing is not a question that interests me.

I don't like to compare years, honestly. I think every year is a different experience, a different challenge. You grow. You evolve as a person and as a player.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.

Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.