We don't change as we get older - we just get to be more of what we've always been.

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all times.

Everything we do seeds the future. No action is an empty one.

Two ideas militate against our consciously contributing to a better world. The idea that we can do everything or the conclusion that we can do nothing to make this globe a better place to live are both temptations of the most insidious form. One leads to arrogance; the other to despair.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us.

In our dreams lies our unfinished work for the world.

Assuming that tomorrow will be the same as today is poor preparation for living. It equips us only for disappointment or, more likely, for shock. To live well, to be mentally healthy, we must learn to realize that life is a work in process.