Second thoughts have aborted more dreams than all the difficult circumstances, overwhelming obstacles, and dangerous detours fate ever could throw at you.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

One of the most important milestones we'll all hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our unique point of view and realize how priceless it is.

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.

Expect to have hope rekindled. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.

Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.

Spending time with people without ambition is a self-destruction.

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.

Empathy is the key to great stories.

Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him

I love going to work.

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

There is no wisdom without love.

Your lies didn't stop me loving you; your truth hasn't stopped me either.

In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.