Simplicity

You don't need so much stuff to fill your life when you have people in it.

Your passion must come from the things that fill you from the inside.

Be kind to others. This is the conclusion of the wise old man on top of the mountain.

Simplify, slow down, be kind. And don't forget to have art in your life — music, paintings, theater, stains and sunsets.

When someone close to you dies, it is not the big moments you remember, but small moments — the seemingly insignificant way Dave wheezed slightly when he laughed hard, or how he loved the way the earth smelled in the fall. If you can notice these moments, breathe them in, even for a second, then you have achieved success.

Wealth isn't measured in bling and Bentleys. It's measured in the richness of the human spirit. It's measured not in what we take from this world, but what we give to it.

Process without purpose is pretty much the definition of bureaucracy. Never let the how get in the way of the what.

Every day we are called to do small things with great love.

We come in naked and broke. We may be dressed when we go out, but we're just as broke.

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them — work, family, health, friends and spirit. Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made of glass.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.