“My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care and polish what remains till it glows and comes alive from loving care.”

“Miracles come after a lot of hard work.”

“Satisfaction comes from giving up wishing I was somewhere else or doing something else.”

“Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and courage to get to know who you are and what you want.”

“There's always something else. That's what makes life so much fun.”

“She could not see how the love she gave and took had made her what she was.”

“My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope - make yourself a structure you can live inside.”