The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon.

Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears. Come back to the present moment, and touch life deeply. This is mindfulness.

Have an enthusiastic mind and a soft, but sweet, heart.

This is the opportunity the fellowship of Jiu Jitsu affords us. To reach our highest potential of self, and then to offer that self to another.

But Jocelyn Morgenstern was not the kind of woman who wept, not the kind of woman who broke, or Valentine would have broken her long since.

Racing shirts should be sold on big, thick rolls like paper towels.

We should self-examine and talk about things like our own white privilege and these phony senses of being an artist.

If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

Being a musician is a given for me-I didn't have much choice in the matter.

Sometimes the things that seem to be adversities turn out to be opportunities in disguise.

I can't figure out how they decide on those things. So I don't have any regrets about anything that I did that didn't get a lot of people to see it.