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.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

You change your life by changing your heart.

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

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

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

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

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.