"Always say 'yes' to the present moment. Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you."
"I opened my eyes. The first light of dawn was filtering through the curtains. Without any thought, I felt, I knew, that there is infinitely more to light than we realize. That soft luminosity filtering through the curtains was love itself. Tears came into my eyes. I got up and walked around the room. I recognized the room, and yet I knew that I had never truly seen it before. Everything was fresh and pristine, as if it had just come into existence. I picked up things, a pencil, an empty bottle, marveling at the beauty and aliveness of it all."
"That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit."
"Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing."
"We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance."