When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people. As I grow older, I admire kind people.
-J. Heschel

Enjoy the beauty of every moment.

It does not interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for
if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing

It does not interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive

It does not interest me what planets are squaring your moon
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life’s betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed
from fear of further pain

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us

to be careful and wild and gentle
to remember the limitations of being human

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless and faithful
and therefore trustworthy

I want to know if you can see beauty
even when it is not beautiful
see it every minute of every day
And if you can source your own life
from its presence

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”

It does not interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments

It does not interest me who you know
or how you came to be here
I want to know if you will stand
in the center of the fire with me
and never shrink back

-Oriah

You must be willing to let go of the life you have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for you.
-E. Forster

The biggest risk in life is not taking one.

Find ecstasy in life. The mere sense of living is joy enough.
-E. Dickenson

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
-Buddha

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.
-Antoine DeSaint-Exupery

You will find when you look back upon your life, the moments you have truly lived are the moments which you have done things in the spirit of love.
-H. Drummond

You are special. A Blessing. A miracle. There is no other person like you in the world. You have the capacity for anything. Let your light shine.
-unknown

Beauty is not in the face, it is the light in a person's heart.
-Kahil Gibran

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
-Einstein

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
-Maya Angelou

"Change your thoughts and change your world."
-N. Vincent Peale

"Be grateful for all that you are and all that you have. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
-Lao Tzu

"I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being."
-Hafiz

"Your vision will become clear only when you look deep into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams; Who looks inside, awakens."
-Carl G. Jung

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives
Be kind anyway
People are often unreasonable and self-centered
Forgive them anyway
If you are honest, people may cheat you
Be honest anyway
If you find happiness, people may be jealous
Be happy anyway
The good you do today, may be forgotten tomorrow
Do good anyway
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough
Give it all anyway
For you see, in the end it is between you and God,
you and your heart, you and love
It never was between you and them anyway.

-Mother Teresa

"Happiness cannot be traveld to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every moment with love, grace, and gratitude."