It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.
I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.
Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.
Home is not a place, but rather, the people you love.
I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what.
What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of children, to the rainbow, and to the sorrow of man. Under every stone and leaf, that which is eternal exists.
Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.
You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
People and stars are made of the same stuff.
In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.
Your problem is that you think you have time.
A kindness is never wasted.
Enjoy it. Because it’s happening.