“The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.”

– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”

– Lao Tzu

“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.”    — Thomas Jefferson

“We spend January walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.” 

– Ellen Goodman

“If we do not tell our story, no one else can tell it, and the story will be lost.”

 – Peggy Tabor Millin

“The authentic self is the soul made visible.”
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.”

 – Mary Jean Iron

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.”

 –  Meister Eckhart

“Today, eliminate the narrow agendas. Let the Light move you in new directions. Know by not knowing.”

– Yehuda Berg

“Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.”

– Natalie Goldberg