The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair.

Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves of the idea that these things are going to give us real satisfaction.

We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage.

What shapes our lives are the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never think to ask.

Enter each day with the expectation that the happenings of the day may contain a clandestine message addressed to you personally. Expect omens, epiphanies, casual blessings and teachers who unknowingly speak to your condition.

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.

The lover heals the world not by a vague and abstract love for everybody and everything, but by becoming passionate and vowing fidelity to concrete relationships, persons, institutions, and places.