The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.