When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

It's nice that you spend a day with your mother,' she said. "Children should do it more often.

sometimes what you miss the most is the way a loved one made you feel about yourself.

You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love and a peaceful heart.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.

There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.