To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us.

Open your eyes and see how many gifts there are to unwrap. Notice the presence of your presents. It’s not your life that is disappointing: it’s your mind.

The children who are 'our future' will inherit a world created not just by parental devotion but by the sort of zealous, focused endeavors that can preclude good parenting.

I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.

If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities.

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man

I think Newton would be the greatest scientist who ever lived.

All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.

Happiness is an art that one has to learn. It has nothing to do with your doing or not doing.

I believe when I leave this Earth because I love the Lord, I am going straight to heaven.

No problem is too small for His attention nor so large that He cannot answer the prayer of faith. Prayer surely is the passport to spiritual power.

Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned; it must be led.