I envision a world in which the vast majority of us are actively striving toward our potential by serving others through mediums we are most passionate.

We are just too busy trying to appear smart to realize how intelligent we actually are.

When you give your weakness permission to be because you understand that it is simply an expression of your strength, it tends to no longer be a weakness.

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue.

When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth.

In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment.

You are the space in which these thoughts arise, but not the thoughts themselves.

For many of us, especially being so fortunate to live in a first-world country, the vast majority of pain we experience is due to the seriousness with which we identify with our thoughts.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be.

You are where you need to be. Just take a deep breath.

When I rise uplet me rise up joyfullike a bird.When I falllet me fall without regretlike a leaf.

I don't think success is harmful as so many people say. Rather I believe it indispensible to talent: if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.

For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise.

The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth.

The temple was a place of learning for the Savior when He was on the earth; it was very much a part of His life. Temple blessings are available once again in our day.

No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step.

... No one "gets away" with evil. Judgment always comes, only the timing is uncertain.

Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence.