He that tries to seize an opportunity after it has passed him by is like one who sees it approach but will not go to meet it.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Life has two halves: one patient and one afire. Love is the fiery half. Make me, O Lord, food for the flames.

Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.

You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.