One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

"He means well" is useless unless he does well.

I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world - in the dark places in the hearts of men - and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.

The most important single thing we had to pound into ourselves is that we were not important, we mustn't be pedants; we were not to feel superior to anyone else in the world. We're nothing more than dust jackets for books, of no significance otherwise.

We hurry through the so-called boring things in order to attend to that which we deem more important, interesting. Perhaps the final freedom will be a recognition that everything in every moment is 'essential' and that nothing at all is 'important.'

The beginning is scary; the end is usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that should count.

Meaning does not exist in the future and neither do I. Nothing will have meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing will even mean tomorrow what it did today. Meaning changes with the context. My meaningfulness is here. It is enough that I am of value to someone today. It is enough that I make a difference now.

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the more important.

You dare your Yes - and experience a meaning.
You repeat your Yes - and all things acquire a meaning.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

What can it matter to this cheapskate who wants to own the past?

Why does everything have to be so significant? Finding significance in your life doesn't necessarily make you happy.

Anything worth anything in this world is worth taking a risk for.

It's important to keep a certain distance.