“Inner beauty lasts longer than the more obvious seductions, so throw away the miniskirt and thigh-length boots.”

“Small children can be startled by the most mundane of noises. A car door from a distance can sound like the sky falling down when heard for the very first time.”

“Life often presents you with difficult choices. But who made up the rules? Why choose at all?”

“Poor motivation and alertness cause complacency”

“The feeling or emotion of happiness or joy is always momentary, but its only your imaginations, that extend your momentary happiness, for some more time.”

“If you are intelligent, if you are alert, the ordinary becomes the extraordinary.”

“We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.”

“I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.”

“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait ...”

“You cannot imagine the craving for rest that I feela hunger and thirst. For six long days, since my work was done, my mind has been a whirlpool, swift, unprogressive and incessant, a torrent of tho...”

“There is a rest that comes when you live out of your sound. Silence is no longer something to be avoided. It signifies a soul at rest.”

“All right, Nico relented. Maybe a little He managed to take off his aviator jacket and wad it into a pillow before he keeled over and began to snore.”