Forgiveness ... is the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past.

We drop like pebbles into the ponds of each other's souls, and the orbit of our ripples continues to expand, intersecting with countless others.

Everyday brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.

May I be at peace. May I awaken to the light of my own true nature. May I be healed and may I be the source of healing for others.

The question is not whether we will barbecue, but how we will barbecue.

Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.

Learning to listen to ourselves is a way of learning to love ourselves.

When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.

The question is not if we are going to die or not, but how are we going to live.

Every act of kindness and compassion toward others gets multiplied when they, in turn, pass it on. One by one the world becomes a better place. Service is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.

Throughout the life cycle we consciously and unconsciously edit the events of our life, trying to give them meaning.

And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.

Dreams are the guiding words of the Soul.

There are no mistakes, only lessons. If you don't learn the lesson the first time, they get harder.

People will hate you for speaking the truth, but you've gotta learn to stand up to them, so don't be offended if I say something you don't like.

I don't like the kind of country living where you have to help. I like country living where there is help.

I will love you all my life and when I die I will still love you through eternity and beyond.

I want to tell him that deep down each time Hannah looked at him she was grateful it was him because Jude did something that the others didn't. He came back for her.

The taste for resin can be aquired, but there is no need to aquire it