“Where utility ends and decoration begins is perfection.”

“Experience will tell you if you need more of it.”

“Boring is the right thought at the wrong time.”

“The object of your desire is not an object.”

“Never offer advice just to appear concerned.”

“We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”