You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

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

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

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

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

I found my place when I stopped looking for it.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.