I treat my thoughts like an old person treats their valuables: I cannot for the life of me proceed to throwing them out.

If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and freed of the obsession of owning them.

Things becomes invisible at the very moment I refuse to grant them importance. And while I am utterly ashamed to admit it, many of the most important things in my life are invisible.

To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

Dr. Morris soon recognized that the difference between successful and unsuccessful marriages can often be traced to how well couples are able to 'bond' during the courtship period. By bonding he referred to the process by which a man and woman become cemented together emotionally. It describes the chemistry that permits two previous strangers to become intensely valuable to one another. It helps them weather the storms of life and remain committed in sickness and health, for richer or poorer, for better or worse, forsaking all others until they are parted in death. It is a phenomenal experience that almost defies description.

They say that wisdom comes from suffering. This is not true. Wisdom comes from having unconditional empathy for all mankind. Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need to suffer to know suffering, but you need empathy first to identify and feel the suffering of others around you. If you do not feel love for all mankind, nor see everyone around you as a valuable human and an extension of yourself, then you will never feel real empathy.

That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.

All you have already done, achieved and opened it is not a potential.

It is not only the viability and variety of the seed that makes the harvest look plumpy. Sometimes, the soil must value the value of the seed. When the soil is not supportive, the seed's value becomes a waste!