I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.
I was dead, then alive. Weeping, then laughing. The power of love came into me, and I became fierce like a lion, then tender like the evening star.
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Late have I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.
Love God, then do what you will.
The salvation of man is through love and in love.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.
It is love alone that leads to right action. What brings order in the world is to love and let love do what it will.
Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.
Give love and forget that you gave it.
Aikido is love. It is the path that brings our heart into oneness with the spirit of the universe to complete our mission in life by instilling in us a love and reverence for all of nature.
Humility and patience are the surest proofs of the increase of love.
Obedience out of love is joy.
Frankly, there isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love once you’ve heard their story.
The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation.