The search for happiness is more important than the need for pain.

Any resistance is not only normal but necessary-it is part of the creative process.

Seize every opportunity that life offers you because, when opportunities go, they take a long time to come back.

..there is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exist or not, that no one is interested in what we have to say about life, and that the world can continue turning without our awkward presence. I began to imagine how many millions of people were, at that moment, feeling utterly useless and wretched—however rich, charming, and delightful they might be—because they were alone that night, as they were yesterday, and as they might well be tomorrow.

I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange.

Empty your mind, stop thinking about anything, simply be.

Fine words lack all meaning when we are confronted by real suffering.