“There are two great days in a person’s life — the day we are born and the day we discover why.” – William Barclay, twentieth-century Scottish theologian

“Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine — a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time, a moment when the ordinary looks beautiful, glowing, a deep sense of being at peace, feeling happy for no reason. When these experiences come, believe in them. They reflect your true nature.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual teacher and humanitarian, Happy For No Reason

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.” – Colette, twentieth-century French novelist

“You would be better off to make less money and be passionate about what you’re doing, than to make a lot of money doing something you despise. Will you dare to follow your heart all the way to fulfillment?” – Joyce Meyer, I Dare You

“What you make happen for somebody else, God will make happen for you. Don’t waste your pain. Let it be somebody else’s gain!” – Joyce Meyer, Approval Addiction

“If it really is impossible, there is nothing you can do anyway, so why worry about it?” – Joyce Meyer, I Dare You

“The great doing of little things makes the great life.” – Eugenia Price

“If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.” – The Venerable Ajahn Chah, twentieth-century Buddhist monk

“As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.” – Buddha