Some people will like me and some won't. So I might as well be myself, and then at least I'll know that the people who like me, like me.

If a man takes off his sunglasses I can hear him better.

Don't fight a fact, deal with it.

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.

A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.

There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.

An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.

Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.

Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.

Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.

Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!

It's no use trying to be different than you are.

Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.

The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.

The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.

Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.

The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.