My mother had a kindness that embraced all life.She knew her place well and was comfortable in giving everything she had.This is the tradition of native women.

May the stars carry your sadness away, may the flowers fill your heart with beauty, may hope forever wipe away your tears. And, above all, may silence make you strong.

There is a longing among all people and creatures to have a sense of purpose and worth. To satisfy that common longing in all of us we must respect each other.

First we had the land and they had the Bibles, now we have the Bibles and they have the land

The heart never knows the colour of the skin

Of all the teachings we receive, this one is most important: Nothing belongs to you of what there is, of what you take, you must share.

Can we talk of integration until there is integration of hearts and minds? Unless you have this, you only have a physical presence, and the walls between us are as high as the mountain range.

My friends, how desperately we need to be loved and to love. With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others.

If the legends fall silent, who will teach the children of our ways?

We are as much alive as we keep the Earth alive.

If the very old will remember, the very young will listen.

A faith so weak that it is not sufficient unto itself but requires that others tiptoe around it for fear of hurting it, knows deep down that it is a lie.

Because I am in love with you. Because I cannot be around you for fear you will finally see what is written across my heart. Because the pain of you is one I cannot bear

I love you times infinity.”“Ditto, babe.” He kissed me softly.

Humans don’t make sense.”“If you’re only now learning that, ” Kaladin said, “then you haven’t been paying attention.

I'm never quite cool, if you know what I mean. I'm basically the worst, best superhero.

Completion comes when we not just wake up from all form, from all identification, but when love causes us to re-embrace it all.

With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important element in human happiness.

In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.

The yearning to be Afghan, to be part of the country, part of the land helped me separate myself from the casual traveler and claim my Afghan identity.

For some miracles can only occur in the dark.