Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

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

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

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

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

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.