We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some projects we need to put on hold.

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.

You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean Most of all You're my best friend

I don't believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what we are capable of.

I don't believe virginity is common as it used to be.

Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children is the color of God.

That's the mistake people make - always searching for the perfect match, when they would be just as happy if they settled for somebody reasonably good.

Hurt? He'll never be hurt–he's made to other people.

The miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in.

As one California winemaker said, "We release no wine before the bank tells us that its ready."

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

True honesty is the willingness to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may, and say what it will, only so you may know who you are - beyond all ideas.

I've been selfish over the years, and other people who have made it have too, but I can only speak for myself.

I think Dalai Lama is always careful about stressing that people be led into the practice by somebody who knows what's going on.

I saw the spiders marching through the air, Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day In latter August when the hay Came creaking to the barn.

Men think wiles charming unless they find out your charms are wiles.