A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right?

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

Gift the love of your life with undistracted, untelevisioned, unhurried attentiveness.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

If you possess the basic necessities in life, there is absolutely no reason to feel any sorrows. For there is someone praying that they could have your spot.

I am a rock in a sea of despair and yearning. Take hold of me and together we may form an island of hope and plenty.

a sarcastic expression, on a beast, is far more sinister than rage.

We [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants [the Ancients], and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.

I think we need to move to the moons of Mars and learn how to control robots that are on the surface. It's not the impatient way of getting there, but Mars has been there a long time.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

I just want to be rich and famous.

I have never met an old saint who regretted having spent too much time in prayer, but I have met many who regretted having spent too little!

It is all too easy to draw conclusions and make sweeping judgments about millions of Muslim women based on fleeting television images. That is not right.

If it doesn't work horizontally as prose... it probably won't work any better vertically pretending to be poetry.