“My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.”

“Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.”

“Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!”

“Never let fear of short term heartache interfere with your long term happiness.”

“Keep your eyes and your mind open. Dont be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.”

“In a relationship, prudent application of the gray theory is a key ingredient in assuring years of happiness; till death do us part. Balance is at the center of success, satisfaction and a lifetime...”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”

“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”

“A star that is determined to shine cannot be hidden, not even by darkness.”

“Love's light conquers hate's darkness.”

“Light is always one step ahead of darkness.”

“How 'bout a shot of truth in that denial cocktail.”

“... you sometimes had to force people to say things they would rather not articulate, just so they could hear their own words. It was interesting the way people could know things and not know them ...”

“To regret ones own experiences is to arrest ones own development. To deny ones own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of ones own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.”