How simple and frugal a thing is happiness.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.

You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.

Love is the opposite of fear and it lights the flames of a million hearts.

What does repentance mean? It means to change—to change your mind, change the way that you’re living—and to determine that with God’s help you will live for Christ.

Your career growth depends mainly on how well you can articulate and present your performance review.

Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week in their history is a miracle, let alone 100 years.

Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.

Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit

The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.

People don't really want to be happy. They go out of their way to be miserable.

I began to see my life and each breath I am given as a living prayer to God and a way to pray for others for our world.

Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.