Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence--neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish--it is an imponderably valuable gift.

When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor's gift

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.

Don't kneel please. Sometimes people put people on pedestals so they can see them more clearly and knock them off more easily