The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

We all know those who draw their boundaries carefully and say, "I'm only human. Nobody's perfect. I accept my limitations." And we know others who take an opposite view and say, "I can do anything I choose to do. It is in my power to change the world." And those are the ones who most often change the world.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

What matters is how I use what I know, every minute of every day; how I use it to remember, in the midst of the game.

Every real teacher is myself in disguise.

Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

The only way to avoid all frightening choices is to leave society and become a hermit, and that is a frightening choice.