“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

“Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.”

“Science may have alleviated the miseries of disease and drudgery and provided an array of gadgetry for our entertainment and convenience, but it has left us in a world without wonder. Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed. Science proclaims that Planet Earth and its inhabitants are a meaningless speck in the grand scheme. A cosmic accident.”

“I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient’s friends.”

“Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.”

“Being alone can be good. It’s easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death.”

“What is demanded of man is not, as some existential philosophers teach, to endure the meaninglessness of life, but rather to bear his incapacity to grasp its unconditional meaningfulness in rational terms.”

“So what if there’s no sun out today…I’m full of divine shine anyway…at any time, day or night…I’ve learned its quite all right. As a faith-height guide, I pack a powerful spotlight flash that can push back the darkness with an inner grin, facing forward into life’s best light…”

“No matter what role you play in a meeting, how you show up in that role is critical to the meeting’s success.”

“How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

“Boshafte Wahrheiten sind nur dann gut, wenn kein Fremder sie liest.”

“The paradox of love is that to have it is to want to preserve it because it’s perfect in the moment but that preservation is impossible because the perfection is only ever an instant passed through. Love like travel is a series of moments that we immediately leave behind. Still we try to hold on and embalm against all evidence and common sense proclaiming our promises and plans. The more I loved him the more I felt hope. But hope acknowledges uncertainty and so I also felt my first premonitions of loss.”

“Life is a gift. Don’t forget to live it.”

“She was giving away her love with kindness and care, to fill her heart with love and soul with happiness.”

“If you are constantly running after problems or worries, then you are mortgaging your life to worries”