It is hard to dislike someone you know if that person is someone you value.

A comfortable and easy life leaves no room for growth. We must therefore embrace our hardships and the lessons they bring.

Destiny is the point where your circumstances and your actions coincide.

Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.

From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other.

Everyone should know that feeling of overcoming fear and mastering something. People who aren't taught that become soggy.

I figured we'd be too busy running for our lives than for him to make a move anyway. (Dana)

Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

...cassoulet, like life itself, is not so simple as it seems.

That is the Mongolian creation myth: out of two different natures love is born. In contradiction, love grows in strength. In confrontation and transformation, love is preserved.

Consider the track record of your naysayers. How many dreams have they successfully brought into this world?