Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

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

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

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