An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks.

We must row in whatever boat we find ourselves in.

No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.

I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying.

If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked.

I wished for someone to hold me up. Suddenly someone was there.

Some things you cannot stop happening.

Some things are more than we can understand.

Sometimes words are more powerful than guns. And sometimes silence is more powerful than words. It is the things that are not said that are important.

..there are two possible endings to every story.

Commitment is a curse if it interferes with righteousness.

About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times.

A real hero doesn't expect to be thanked or even recognized.

To create is to boggle the mind and alter the mood. Once the urge has surged it maintains its own momentum. We may go along for the ride but when we attempt to steer the course the momentum dies.

The essence of education is the education of the body.

The tea was a comfort - and by that time I more than needed comfort.

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.

Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.

Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum.

This is my calling, this is why I was put on this earth-to make a difference in people's lives.