"When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

"Life is available only in the present moment."
— Thich Nhat Hanh (Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions)

"Smile, breathe and go slowly."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

"Breathing in, I calm body & mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know that this is the only moment."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

"Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible."
— Parker Palmer

"Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am."
— Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation)

"Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks--we will also find our path of authentic service in the world."
— Parker Palmer

"Trust what moves you most deeply."
— Sam Keen

"I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you."
— Annie Dillard

"The silence is all there is. It is the alpha and the omega, it is God's brooding over the face of the waters; it is the blinded note of the ten thousand things, the whine of wings. You take a step in the right direction to pray to this silence, and even to address the prayer to "World." Distinctions blur. Quit your tents. Pray without ceasing."
— Annie Dillard (Teaching a Stone to Talk, Expeditions and Encounters)

"The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart."
— Annie Dillard