I don't understand why when I wish for happiness it inevitably rains. However, I do tend to find myself grateful for sunlight once the storm ceases.

Music is my enchanter, the seducer of my emotions, the fire and ice that moves me.

I survive on moments of make-believe happiness.

Imagine fantasy and pretend as neither fantastical nor pretended.....and then believe it.

Family gathersto share good noise and good food.Gratitude abounds.

It is an incapacitating emotion one feels upon hearing the whispered words "I still love you" after deeply hurting that soul. Forgiveness isn't weakness.It is power.

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

Theories look great on paper until reality scribbles all over the page.

Dreams become reality once the dreamer goes beyond imagining and acts them out.

I can and will improve the world.I will smile, show kindness, and be grateful.I refuse to be unhappy.

Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze.

One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.

No one becomes forty without incredulity and a sense of outrage.

In truth, women are the strong ones.

I don't want a Jennifer Lopez wedding or anything like that. A commitment ceremony would be a nice thing to do.

Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?

Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

Don't get bogged down by the notion of limits. There aren't any.

Everyone is dealing with something. This is life; this is not just a piece of cake.

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.