Nothing bubbled up from the depths. For once, the present was so alive and captivating that the past was not even an echo or a shadow-she was, in this moment, wiped clean.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.

You are the center of your universe, without you nothing is there.

Truth hides behind the curtain of illusion. We often get lost in illusion and forget to find the truth.

Troy and I loved each other. We called it 'unconditional love', which was true. Once conditions arose, the love dissipated.

Be the love that you are always looking for.

If I can succeed in saving only a single soul I can be sure that my own will be saved.

How well I would write if I were not here!

Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

What is well rooted cannot be pulled up. What is firmly grasped will not slip loose. It will be honoured from generation to generation.

The eternal not ourselves that makes for righteousness.