When you focus so much on the word, you tend to neglect the realm of silence.

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.

It is important that social, political, and religious freedoms grow in China. A society which recognizes religious freedom is a society which will recognize political freedom as well.

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.

All night, my face next to your mouth, I hold my breath, listening to yours.

You better not mess with chimps. They are much stronger than humans.

In my mind, there's a time and a place for putting your foot down.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

The key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort.

These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves.

It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.