Here are some of my favorite words...

To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wildflower:

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour.

-william Black

It is compassion that removes the heavy bar,

opens the door to freedom, makes the narrow heart as

wide as the world. Compassion takes away from the heart

the inert weight, the paralyzing heaviness; it gives wings

to those who cling to the lowlands of self.

-Nyanaponika Thera

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be

strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success

achieved."

Helen Keller