I will say yes to every favor, request, suggestion and invitation. I will swear to say yes where once I would say no.

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit.

Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact.

The only time you have no opportunities is when you decide to stop taking them.

Wagamama. Text messaging aficionados might like to note that this is one of the most satisfying words you can possibly type.

What a terrible thing, I thought, to let a moment go.

But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.

I was saying yes because when you're in love, the world is full of possibilities, and when you're in love, you want to take every single one of them.

If I was going to act irresponsibly, the least I could do was be responsible for it.

Probably some of the best things that have ever happened to you in life, happened because you said yes to something. Otherwise things just sort of stay the same.

I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. It forgets the great way home that lies before it.

Every gift opens a heavenly door to the giver.

The beauty of white snow, white clouds, blue sky and blue sea represent the gift of nature.

Troubles like babies grow larger by nursing.

But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.

Every good thing great and small needs defense

What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.

I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it.

You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it.

Family, community, and the realm of the private self - your mind, body, and spirit - are all important sources of the inspiration, support, and ideas we all need to lead the lives we want.