Even great spirits have only their five-fingers' breadth of experience - just beyond it their thinking ceases and their endless empty space and stupidity begins.

Without passions you have no experience whatever.

This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the storyline that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world.

To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.

With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.