Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons.

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.

Fear and Guilt are the only enemies of man.

Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.

I have learned there is no joy without hardship. There is no pleasure without pain. Would we know the comfort of peace without the distress of war?

If we make our goal to live a life of compassion and unconditional love, then the world will indeed become a garden where all kinds of flowers can bloom and grow.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.