There is no way to live up to your full potential in life without losing lots of things. Yet there are people who believe you can go through a lifetime without losing anything, if you would just be more careful and more thoughtful. They actually believe that a child can get through elementary school without losing a jacket, but that's impossible unless the child is very repressed.

You can speed up your life if you want to - that's easy. Winding down is what's hard.

There are, of course, two kinds of suffering, that which has a reward and that which doesn't.

Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey.

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

Enlightenment is being able to go to your own home and feel comfortable.