Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.

I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self.

The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us.

I like you just the way you are.

In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of — moments when we human beings can say, “I love you” ... “I'm proud of you” ... “I forgive you” ... “I'm grateful for you” ... “Whether you win anything or not, you still have great value.” That's what eternity is made of: invisible, imperishable good stuff.

One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.

As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we are different. That may be the most essential message of all, as we help our children grow toward being caring, compassionate, and charitable adults.