Your life is an opportunity to question, discover, and explore.

Nature is one of the most underutilized treasures in life. It has the power to unburden hearts and reconnect to that inner place of peace.

Gratitude enables you to be fearless, and to never shy away from reveling in every moment of your life.

Your life is a reflection of your thoughts and actions--what will you reflect?

Inner peace doesn't have to be religious, spiritual, or impossible. It simply means you think and act with clarity and compassion--no longer conquered by the storms of the mind.

Embrace compassion without exception.

The greater the fear, the greater the opportunity for growth.

You can discover a person's true character by examining how their actions align with their words.

Always take the scenic route.

Peace is everyone’s birthright.

Strength in peace. Strength in love. Always.

In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and earth and wildflowers. Under it, she smelled ambition.

Gotta stay in the gym, stay funny, stay sharp. I just love working.

As a former ballerina, I can't put down Maggie Shipstead's new book, Astonish Me.

Everything was new, now I’m a junkie, I seem to need more severe doses of experience to feel anything.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

I think people think we're all sipping martinis by the pool.

> CracKing: No need to yell. > FtLouie: I’m not yelling!!! > CracKing: You’re using excessive amounts of punctuation, and on-line, that’s like yelling.

What matters most is not what is behind us or before us, but what is within us.

It's possible to paint a monumental picture that's only 10 inches wide, if one has a sense of scale, which is very different from a sense of size.

If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there.