Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

He was stretched out like he was her own personal playground and she wanted to ride on his equipment for a bit longer.

Did you tell them that you made love to the poet?Did you tell them that our lovechild is an elegy?

There is no substitute for the strength that blesses a couple when they work together.

What a sacred journey?

Starlight is best felt at noon...

Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper.

Certainly it constitutes bad news if the people who agree with you are buggier than batshit.

When we understand our baptismal covenant and the gift of the Holy Ghost, it will change our lives and will establish our total allegiance to the kingdom of God.

I'm playing; I'm here. I'm going to fight until they tell me they don't want me anymore.

If your heart is beautiful, your face will be beautiful, your life will be beautiful, everything will be beautiful.