"As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way."

"Nature is infinitely creative. It is always producing the possibility of new beginnings."

"The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world."

"Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a woman's toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace."

"The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed."

"The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive."

"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."

"I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one."