Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

We can spend our days bemoaning our losses, or we can grow from them. Ultimately the choice is ours. We can be victims of circumstance or masters of our own fate, but make no mistake, we cannot be both. The Walk - Epilogue Page 288

...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).

What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.

We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside

Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability to appreciate beauty is of God. Especially in one another. Look for beauty in everyone you meet, and you'll find it. Everyone carries divinity within them. And everyone we meet has something to impart.