Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

to love means to realize there is a time to let the beloved one go

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

I want to go to Berkeley and major in music.

The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism.

it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering.

A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.

In peace, continue your art; in war, continue your art; in freedom, continue your art; in captivity, continue your art!

The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.

I've done some good work and some not-good work.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.