Change the conversation of the world by dwelling on what's gone 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

Why would anyone want perfection when growth comes from flaws?

Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

This, then, is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.

I want someone to pinch me so I can feel something, anything. I'm sick of this numbness, of feeling so alone and outside of everything, but I know it's too dangerous to wake up." —Ruth Mendenberg

Dandies, when first-rate, are generally very agreeable men.

The only measure of your worth and your deeds will be the love you leave behind when you're gone.

The best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination.

Even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development.

Tradition implies authority, conformity, imitation, following.

Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.