As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

The girl's lover was gone, but his shadow was still there.

Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies.

... if patriarchy can take what exists and make it not, surely we can take what exists and make it be.

Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life.

When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?

But words have been used too often; touched and turned, and left exposed to the dust of the street. The words we seek hang close to the tree. We come at dawn and find them sweet beneath the leaf.

Damien is a friend. Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.