Compassion is a verb.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Move out of your comfort zone, develop those necessary skills and go all out for that much needed advancement!

It's no fun to think about infinity and no cinche to write about it. Again, it helps to look for some human link.

Good-humor is goodness and wisdom combined.

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

People change, but only if you give them room to do it.

I wonder if we climb to heaven over the ruins of many cherished schemes.

I can only see right in front of me when I'm writing, you know? I never think of it as raw or personal or anything but where I'm at in the moment. But I can see it sort of after I finish.

We are not required to go through [Jesus'] trials, but we are required to be willing to go through them. To prove that we are willing to do so, we must go through our own trials and remain faithful.