I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Love is effortless attention.

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.

Life isn't a race to win, it's a school for our higher education.

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.

Don't ask her to be a rock for you to lean uponinstead, build her wingsand point her to the skyand she will teach you both to fly.

Trench dirt didn't always wash out, I am sure.

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.

The thing is, not to stop questioning.

The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.

You are trying to pierce the veil, to break through the Frisbee so that it doesn't exist, to break through the football so it doesn't exist, and to break through your opponent so they don't exist.

The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence.

There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.

I was surrounded by art by virtue of not only the educational opportunities that my mother's foresight availed me to.

A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth.