Saint Francis de Sales

Nothing so strong as gentleness, nothing as gentle as pure strength.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Love consists in this; that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Lao Tzu

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Sally Kempton, Yoga Journal

Yoga, after all, is not an escape from life, but a way of taking yourself into life's pulsing heart. It will inevitably lead you to your own vulnerability, to your raw places. But vulnerability also opens the door to love, grace, and the deepest forms of healing. Your vulnerability, scary as it can be, is inseparable from your capacity for intimacy and creativity and love.

Ruth E. Renkel

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

Sarah Williams

Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night. 

Rabindranath Tagore

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Garth Brooks

And now, I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Albert Schweitzer

Sometimes, our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes our deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. 

Khahlil Gibran

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Ansel Adams

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

Richard Bach

Can miles truly separate you from friends? If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart.

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

John Wooden

Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.

H.G. Wells

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

Marcel Proust

We don't receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Henry Ellis

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

Author Unknown

Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living.