The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Music is the medicine of the mind.

The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

Fitness gives you confidence, and if you're fit, you don't have to wonder whether you'll last the 90 minutes.