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

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

People living deeply have no fear of death.

You make your life meaningful by applying meaning to it.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

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

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.