"The chess master says nothing, other than..." - Quote by Rumi

“Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof.”

“Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall and falling, they're given wings.”

“There is a window from one heart to another heart.”

“Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.”

“Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.”

“I want people to be inspired to do what's in front of them. If you won't give a dime out of a dollar, don't talk to a billionaire about giving their money away because if you don't give a dime out of a dollar, I can promise you, you're not going to give a 100 million out of a billion. It's a lie.”

“There is nothing worse than doing the wrong thing well.”

“It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.”

“The composer reveals the innermost nature of the world, and expresses the profoundest wisdom in a language that his reasoning faculty does not understand, just as a magnetic somnambulist gives information about things of which she has no conception when she is awake. Therefore in the composer, more than in any other artist, the man is entirely separate and distinct from the artist.”