When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection; love is born.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?

Your power as a woman, as a mother, is your medicine, and it saved you. Take your courage in that.

One truth discovered one pang of regret at not being able to express it is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.

I knew Mac pretty well. I'd used them when I was younger.

Together with the puzzle, Mozart gives you the solution.

I want to write some books. Books that have nothing to do with music, just some fiction type of books for a whole different audience of people.

See in the meantime that your faith brings forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.

But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?

People are never free of trying to be content.

I'm not an original composer. The tunes are not stolen from other tunes necessarily except in a few cases, but they're in the style of songs that I grew up with.