We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.

There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze.

I would be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual work.

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one single word: God.

The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

Most people write off their longing for friends and family as so many losses in their lives, when they should count the fact that their heart is able to long so hard and to love so much as among their greatest blessings.