Reading, reading actively, strengthens the soul.

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred.

Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead.

Growth and transformation occur not by changing who we are, but as we summon the courage to be who we are.

It has taken awhile, but I certainly do know it now ­­– the most wonderful gift I had, the gift I finally learned to cherish above all else, was the gift of all those perfectly ordinary days.

I can only bring peace to my children when I possess it myself.

We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view.

Now I see that the journey was never meant to lead to some new and improved version of me; that it has always been about coming home to who I already am.

In stillness, we find our peace. Knowing peace at home, we bring peace into the world.

Stay focused on what is beautiful and abundant even as illness carves more and more of what you love away

Life finds its balance. Children grow up. Second chances come along. In the meantime, I could choose to savor this moment. What good would it do to allow annoyance to interfere with gratitude?

Left unstewarded, anger, resentment, fear, frustration—any form non-Love takes—can grow into all sorts of warfare, internal and external.

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

Just think of something that would be "wonderful" if it were only "possible". Then set out to make it possible.

To God, our journey is JUST as important as our destination!

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

Love insists the loved loves back

But even though there were plenty of teeth in the grin, there was no heart.

When you consciously choose to be ordinary, you become extraordinary.

When I was very young and the urge to be someplace was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch.

Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.