"What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing."
— Stephen Mitchell (The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults)

". . . wishes are like magnifying glasses they enlarge and focus an intention that is already inside us."
— Stephen Mitchell (The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults)

"What may appear to be proud ungrateful and headstrong fron the outside may from the inside express an unshakable integrity of character. Pride, if it doesn't step over the line into arrogance, is simply an unprejudiced self-esteem. Ingratitude is the appropriate response to a kindness that has hooks on it. Headstrong is another word for trusting your own heart. "
— Stephen Mitchell