You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up.

There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.

Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.

Expression is never helped by suppression.