Real love doesn't die. It's the physical body that dies. Genuine, authentic love has no expectations whatsoever; it doesn't even need the physical presence of a person. ... Even when he is dead and buried that part of you that loves the person will always live.

There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

We run after values that, at death, become zero. At the end of your life, nobody asks you how many degrees you have, or how many mansions you built, or how many Rolls Royces you could afford. That's what dying patients teach you.

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

I am an artist because the knot is so powerful I just can not, nor want to be, anything else or do anything else.

We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal.

We bring a deeper commitment to our happiness when we fully understand, that our time left is limited and we really need to make it count.