Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves!

Capture a shadow, dance with the wind, stand in a rainbow, begin at the end.

I appreciate the boldness of gratitude in the quiet, unspoken depths and its ability to buoy another by being articulated.

If self-validation were our most significant societal measure - we would give trophies to ourselves.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

When we have a circle of friends, we have more fun. We get more done, we feel and are stronger, and we really do celebrate the power of our 'us.'

Gift the love of your life with undistracted, untelevisioned, unhurried attentiveness.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

Manage the remarkable balance between acting from your heart and close to your gifts with completing the obligations that your labor and tasks require of you. Leverage opportunity AND seize joy.

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

If we pray, we shall have peace,

That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.

No charm, no humor, no wit -- and a personality which can only be described as 'icky.' .

I suppose because our hearts are made in a certain way we cannot help being what we are.

America has much to gain in terms of jobs and trade by meeting the growing world demand for advanced, environmentally sound technologies.

Humor is a very big part of life, and if you exclude humor from your book, you're not capturing a very important part of human experience.

You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.

Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not.

I went to do my first big movie when I was 17. I was in South Africa for three and half months, and I was by myself.

Let us not demean or belittle. Rather, let us be compassionate and encouraging.