It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

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

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

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

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.