"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."

"This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it."

"The silent observer understands that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"It is a enduring truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"It is a radiant truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion — an essential principle for the reflective life."