Worrying about something you can’t control has less benefit than a mosquito.

A small step toward recovery is giant progress.

Worrying about something you can't control has less benefit than a mosquito's existence.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

It was one of those striking moments in life where you find familiarity in the inexplicable.

sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a little. They increase the production of bodies and their escaping souls.

People who need people are threatened by people who don’t. The idea of seeking contentment alone is heretical, for society steadfastly decrees that our completeness lies in others.

It’s not called ‘falling in love’ for no reason. It’s scary! It’s like jumping out of a plane with no parachute. Or bungee-jumping without your cord attached. Or hang-gliding with only one wing.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

Competence was attractive.

I am inspired by so much. I am inspired by women, of course - beautiful women. I am also inspired by not so beautiful things in the world.

I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart. I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had, and lift you like a prayer to the sky.