from one bird

My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance

Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem of the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.