Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.

The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.

Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.