We can only begin to change the world around us when we are willing to become a conscious part of all that is changing.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Love is effortless attention.

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.

Life isn't a race to win, it's a school for our higher education.

Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.

Our love has been the thread through thelabyrinth, the net under the high-wire walker, the only real thing in this strange life of mine that I could ever trust.

It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.

Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.

Strategy is, above all else, the search for above average returns.

I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.

The beauty of what I read in the gospel is the intimacy of what we're called to, that there's no middle man.

The elasticity of imagination and compassion is what writing and reading promote.

Every great movement in the world starts with a tiny group of people who simply refuse to accept a situation.

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.

Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.