Growth and transformation occur not by changing who we are, but as we summon the courage to be who we are.

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred.

Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead.

It has taken awhile, but I certainly do know it now ­­– the most wonderful gift I had, the gift I finally learned to cherish above all else, was the gift of all those perfectly ordinary days.

I can only bring peace to my children when I possess it myself.

We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view.

Now I see that the journey was never meant to lead to some new and improved version of me; that it has always been about coming home to who I already am.

In stillness, we find our peace. Knowing peace at home, we bring peace into the world.

Stay focused on what is beautiful and abundant even as illness carves more and more of what you love away

Life finds its balance. Children grow up. Second chances come along. In the meantime, I could choose to savor this moment. What good would it do to allow annoyance to interfere with gratitude?

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merely by the light of our attention.

It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.

For God and for the future generations.

Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.

When you give a present, you're giving with your heart.Never give thinking of money, or your gift will fall apart.

Half of all the great art and literature in existence went unrecognised during the lifetimes of its creators.

There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.

Your fate is to be what you are. As mine is to be what I am...your master.

It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going.

Unbalance so as to re-balance.