Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silence where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
Some of the most generous people have no money. Some of the wisest people have no education. Some of the kindest people were hurt the most.
Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and imaginative humans on earth, for what they believe is what they become.
Life's tragedy is we get old too soon and wise too late.
Ten times a day something happens to me like this--some strengthening throb of amazement--some good swing empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.
Under a Delusion If the world is sane, then Jesus is mad as a hatter and the Last Supper is the Mad Tea Party. The world says, "Mind your own business," and Jesus says, "There is no such thing as your own business." The world says, "Follow the wisest course and be a...