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The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you're going to fight to get them right, not when everything is going your way and everyone is praising you.

Sometimes I wish life was written pencil so we could erase it and write it all over again.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.