And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Every time we forget to breathe or our minds wander or we’re hijacked by feelings or sensations, we gently bring ourselves back to the breath, again and again.

Zen is a way of liberation concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous but what is.

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared

Water is the ink that writes the poetry of life.

Our whole childhood remains to be reimagined. In reimagining it, we have the possibility of recovering it in the very life of our reveries as a solitary child.

Banter is often a proof of want of intelligence.

In movies, comedy and tragedy are all the same.

When you have big dreams, you’re going to have big challenges. If you were an average person you would have average problems.

I surely know that there is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood.

A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.