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

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

My turn shall also come: I sense the spreading of a wing.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

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

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

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