Don’t rush; be a beginner; weave pearls in your hair; grow potatoes; light the candles; keep the fire; dare to love someone; tell yourself the truth; stay inside the rapture.”
~ Marlena de Blasi, from the book
“A Thousand Days in Venice”

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.”
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what is the use of seeing?”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

The important thing is this:
To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”
~ Charles Dubois