Temptations don’t appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.
I learn by doing... the same thing over and over and over again countless times.
Your efforts extend like ripples on the ocean, much further than you know.
Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture.
If people were kinder, the world might cease weeping.
If only I could see myself from the same vantage point that I observe the world; I might judge my behavior and expressions more critically, and others less.
We change when circumstances necessitate it; we adapt because we have to. The real challenge is to change when circumstances don’t demand it at all.
So you want to improve the world? Then do it. To the next person who crosses your path, say something kind, do something generous, perform a simple act of service. By doing this on a regular basis, you will indeed improve the world.
When there is not enough time to do your best, do the best you can with the time you have.
The spirit of Christmas is a sweet, internal peace that testifies of the power of kindness and charity.
To the romantic soul, the rituals of Valentine’s Day echo every day of the year.
Patience is real self-mastery.
Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.
The spirit of Christmas exists in harmonious carols like those sung by angels on the day of Christ’s birth.
Reality depends a great deal upon one believing what he sees – or seeing what he believes. Either way.
Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for.
If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world in your hands.
The hero isn’t the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame – deserved or not – and apologize to save a relationship.
Reality and fantasy are not two separate spheres but one whole. They are like a world’s atmosphere – reality behaving as a low front, fantasy a high front. Each remains somewhat distinguishable and yet they swirl and join, affecting and manipulating the other. One cannot perceive where reality ends and fantasy begins, but life would grow stagnant and die without the influence of both.