The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.