You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Joy is not in things, it is in us.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

Don't allow your rituals to become ruts.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.