“The world and everyone in it is always ready to blame a man for anything when he is already knocked down.”

“People don't like to wait for words, they want the words to wait for them.”

“You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.”

“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito!”

“Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.”

“[The moon] ... is an example of practiced stability it wanes when it must, and reliably returns to full strength it is a humble model of reasonable potential that I can emulate, and follow.”

“I love to close my eyes a moment and think of the land outside, white under the mingled snow and moonlight--the heaps of stones by the roadside white--snow in the furrows. Mon Dieu! How quiet and h...”

“I made a wish on a sliver of moonlightA sly grin and a bowl full of stars”