“Be the trouble you want to see in the world.”

“Be the change that you want to see in the world.”

“The trouble with you and me, Ned, is that we want everyone in the world to personally love us, and of course that's impossible; you just don't meet everyone in the world.”

“The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.”

“Calvin, what kind of trouble are you planning to make?”
“No trouble at all,” said Calvin, annoyed. “Why do you think I want to cause trouble?”

“You look at the hands, not at the face, if you want to stay out of trouble.”

“How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble.”

“The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.”

“But I've bought a big bat.
I'm all ready, you see.
Now my troubles are going
To have troubles with me!”

“They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or die in the attempt, and the trouble with dying in the attempt was that you died in the attempt.”