Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.

Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.

Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

The man who forgives pays a tremendous price - the price of the evil he forgives.

The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us; the more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us; the less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us; the less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.

If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?

An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.