What is necessary when we want to face reality? Stillness.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

No matter how much you love someone, you still want to have you own way.

McLeod's Daughters' was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera.

I like to watch French movies with the volume up so my neighbors could think I'm terrorist.

The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.

Problems are good, not bad. Welcome them and become the solution. When you have solved enough problems, people will thank you.

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

The life which is not examined is not worth living.

For every giver there must be a receiver, and for every receiver there must be a giver.

Higher has always been the trajectory of intelligent evolution.