Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning.

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.

Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in.

Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.

In many areas of understanding, none so much as in our understanding of God, we bump up against a simplicity so profound that we must assign complexities to it to comprehend it at all. It is mindful of how we paste decals to a sliding glass door to keep from bumping our nose against it.

Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.

The greatest gift we give to someone who loves us is simply to be happy.