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I have yet to meet a wise person who doesn’t know how to find some joy even in the midst of what is hard, and to smile and laugh easily, including at oneself.

A sense of humor is high on my list of virtues, in interplay with humility and compassion and a capacity to change when that is the right thing to do.

The Divine upon my right impels me to pull forever at the latch on Freedom’s gate. The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free.

Irony is a medicine, not only to lift and brighten others, but also ourselves…

When I was seven years old: I’d come in here without thinking I need to do this, or I hope to gain something from this, it was just to be the music that you’re playing.

Love abounds in all, from the depths exalted and excelling over every star…

Good friends aren’t afraid of your light. They never blow out your flame and you don’t blow out theirs…

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.

If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution—and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.

Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.