"There is no formula to relationships.
They have to be negotiated in loving ways,
with room for both parties,
what they want and what they need,
what they can do and what their life is like."
M. Schwartz

"Why this way and not that way?"
R. Bach

"Once you get your fingers on
the important questions,
you can't turn you back on them."
M. Schwartz

"Even the tiniest mirror may
shine light into the darkest corner."
M. Alibrando

"Make peace with the living."
M. Schwartz

"Not quite yet, but I am getting there."
M. Alibrando, the best answer to the best questions.

"Perfection in an average day is the whole point."
M. Alibrando

"Rules define life in games,
and unconditional
love doesn't recognize rules."
R. Bach

"All we see of someone
at any moment is
a snapshot of their life,
there in riches or poverty,
in joy or dispair.
Snapshots don't show
the millions of decisions
that led to that moment."
R. Bach

"I am a fragment of a mirror
whose whole design and shape
I do not know.
Never the less, with what I have
I can reflect light into the dark places
of this world -
into the black places in the heart of men -
and change some things in some people.
Perhaps others may see this and do likewise.
This is what I am about.
This is the meaning of life."
Alexander Papaderos via R. Fulghum

""Why am I here?
Where am I going?
What must I do?
What will become of me?"
R. Fulghum re-asking four ancient Greek questions

"It's a slow process,
changing principles,
and we don't know
they've changed until
something that used to be right
just doesn't feel that way anymore."
R. Bach

"What you do and how it works out -
that's what counts."
R. Fulghum

"Acts, not words, are the ties that bind."
R. Fulghum

"He who is not courageous enough to
take risks
will accomplish nothing in life."
M. Ali

"..comfort doesn't come from change."
Me short-quoting A. Goertz

"Make peace.
You need to make peace with yourself
and everyone around you."
M. Schwartz

"Forgive yourself before you die.
Then forgive others."
M. Schwartz

"The Good - I know it when I see it."
M. Alibrando

"...remember we're different, and let it go."
Me short-quoting R. Bach

"Sometimes forgetting that we're different drives us crazy."
R. Bach

"...inner guidence doesn't come to adults only.
We experience what we bring to ourselves
no matter what age."
Me short-quoting R. Bach

"How I've always pleasured when
a few words carry so much freight!"
R. Bach

"I'm sorting my life this minute
to give you free the best I know,
earned at the price of all my days.
You're infinitely intelligent.
If you don't understand them now,
I expect you to figure them out later,
on your own time."
R. Bach

"Be compassionate.
And take responsibility for each other.
If we only learned those lessons,
this world would be so much better a place."

"Love each other or die."
M. Schwartz

"Don't let go too soon,
but don't hang on too long."
M. Schwartz

"What's wrong with being number two?"
M. Schwartz

"Sitting still is essential to the journey."
The River Runner's Maxim

"The River-Runner's Maxim, taught to me
when I was learning white-water canoeing
from friend Baz, a maximum pro:
"Sitting still is essential to the journey." 
When heading off downriver,
pull over to the bank from time to time
and sit quietly and look at the river and think
about where you've been and
where you're going and why and how."
R. Fulghum

"...carry water with you
and tend to grass
where ever you may be."
Me short-quoting R. Fulghum 

"The grass is always greener where it's watered."
R. Fulghum