Christmas Day

When you don't believe in Christmas Day, every day is Christmas Day.

A Child's Courage

Grant me a child's courage to feel deeply.

Time's Paradox

All time is well-spent.

The Parrot

Once upon a time there was a parrot that kept repeating "happiness, happiness, happiness."  I am that parrot.

Illusions Of Loss

Everything but a life can be replaced.

The Strangeness Of Life

Destiny is the name we give to the strange way our lives turn out.

Revelations

The people who enlighten us are the ones who tell us their secrets.

Private Pleasures

Blessed is the nightbird that sings for joy and not to be heard.

The Real Teacher

It is not the wound that teaches, but the healing.

A Wrong Turn

Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love.

A Beautiful Touch

How beautiful to touch another's soul with a word, a gesture, a thought.

Making Progress

The only real progress in life is to love it more and more.

A Terrible Irony

There are lies that heal and truths that kill.

It Goes On

Writing is like life: it goes on.

In Nature

Beauty, like an immense wave, breaks over me, and I surrender myself to it.

The Feast

Don't stand in the hallway waiting; join the feast.

The Power Of Words

To speak of happiness is to create happiness.

A Loaf Of Bread

A loaf of bread is sliced in order to share it.  Two hearts make a heart, not one.

The Richness Of Life

We feel more than we can express, we see more than we can say.

Violets

A belief in violets isn't necessary for violets to be there.

The Supreme Art

The supreme art, the art of arts, is to be at peace with oneself.

The Price

Boredom is the price one pays for not enjoying everything.

Know Thyself

He who is not an enigma to himself doesn't know himself.

Miracles

When you stop expecting miracles, life is the miracle.

The Cherry Trees

If the cherry trees had to wait for understanding they would never blossom.

The Spider

The spider spinning its web is absorbed, but not self-absorbed.

The Genius And The Fool

Greater than being a genius is to be a fool in love with life.

Simple Pleasures

The liveliness of squirrels, and the languor of summer evenings, were meaning enough for me.

The Gift

Cherish like a son, a daughter, each irreplaceable moment.

Chapter And Verse

A time and a season for everything, but happiness first.

Perfection

I've had too many perfect days not to believe in perfection.

A Simple Truth

A breath, to keep you going, must be your own.

The Thorn And The Rose

My maturity: no longer saying no to the thorn, saying yes to the rose.

Capsules Of Time

We are these bodies, these tiny capsules consumed by Time.

Creating Enemies

Where tolerance is forbidden, hatred becomes a religion.

Naked We Came

One should approach life as one approaches a lover-naked.

The Mission

Simply by living every day one fulfills one's mission in life.

Narrow Windows

There's always more sky than can be seen from any window.

It Is Nothing

We get obsessed with a thought or goal and forget it is nothing.

True Happiness

Being happy for other people's happiness is the best kind of happiness.

The Easy Life

If loving comes easy, nothing else seems hard.

Be Yourself

A scent has only itself to give but that's enough.

Another Kind Of Light

We walk in our own light as well as the light of the sun.

Keep Singing

You can drop dead even while singing. But that's no reason to stop singing.

The Quintessence

All that matters is that you live the life that is right for you.

The Temptation Of Beauty

Beauty brought the bee to the flower. Nectar is what it found there.

My Art

My art is to look at things and be quiet.

My Politics

I'm on the side of whatever keeps the flowers growing.

A Little Kindness

Let a kind word warm you when your thoughts turn cold.

Spontaneous & Carefree

The rain that falls wherever it pleases. I want to be that rain.

The Easy Life

Never underestimate the wisdom of being easily satisfied.

Transcendence

There is something in every creature born that transcends its time and place of birth.