Bravery is a requisite virtue because life demands it.

Success is rarely the result of one swell swoop, but more often the culmination of many, many small victories.

Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning of the next.

The strength of a tree, the old ones say, comes not from growing thicker in the good years when there is water, but from staying alive in the bad, dry times.

You can think whatever you want, say whatever you want, and do whatever you want, as long as you are willing to face the consequences.

... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility.

Accepting that we have weaknesses becomes a strength.

This will be our reply to violence:to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.

When faced with obstacles, let your heart beat with courage and faith by focusing on the growing opportunities they bring.

There's no destiny

I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.

Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.

Spring, / you are a pinking shears: you cut / fresh edges on the world.

The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of Christ is joyful participation in the sorrows of the world.

Practical dreamers do not quit.

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at the moment. Tolerance doesn't mean accepting what's unfair.

I try to ride my horses three times a week. It's nice to be out in nature, where you can't take a phone call.