Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.

What makes people weak? Their need for validation and recognition, their need to feel important. Don't get caught in this trap.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

I am going to sit here in the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you - until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life.

Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.

When you cease doubting, you have stopped moving forward.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.