the bravest thing you can do is to keep going when all you want to do is suicide.

I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.

Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance.

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck.