Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

The most important hour is always the present. The most significant person is precisely the one sitting across from you right now. The most necessary work is always love.

It is in the darkness that one finds the light.

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we are to receive

For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.

There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven.

Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.

The more deeply we are our true selves, the less self is in us.

The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.

When you share your moments of joy with friends, that memory lasts forever.

The ninth gift is Reverence. May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.

It felt as if she were bleeding - but it wasn't blood that leaked out of her, not something that could be easily transfused. Instead she was losing her dreams.

Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

In every picture there should be shade as well as light.

We must pay a price to touch godliness through daily decision to die to self and embrace the cross.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

When we accept the fact that we can't do everything, we are more willing to ask for and accept help when we do anything.

You can't run away from your identity. Even if I went to another band, I'd still be Lips from the band Anvil. I've spent my entire life trying to be that, that's what I am. There's nowhere to run.