"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
— Albert Einstein

"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?"
— Henry David Thoreau

"Be realistic: Plan for a miracle"
— Osho

"All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant."
— Henry David Thoreau (Walden, or Life in the Woods)

"Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred."
— Thich Nhat Hanh (The Miracle of Mindfulness)

"Sometimes we have to hit bottom before we figure out how to really enjoy life."
— Michael Palmer

"The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water; but to walk on the earth."
— Chinese Proverb

""...Opal is dead, and I don't see how a healer can change that! It's not something to joke about."
"Joke?" Then Owen hit his forehead and cried, "That's right, you haven't heard!"
"Heard what?" asked Adrien, who felt an insane glimmer of hope return to his heart.
"Death is on strike! She hasn't done that for two centuries, and it's very annoying. Your friend is alive."
"Very annoying?" repeated Amber. "I don't see what's so annoying about a miracle! What is Death on strike for?"
"Everyone knows that Death lives in Fairytale-in an inaccessible area, obviously. And just a few hours ago, she decided to stop working. So, for now, no one can die.""
— Flavia Bujor

"If you need a miracle, be a miracle."
— Phillip C. McGraw

"A miracle to confound natural law, a baffling reversal of the inevitable consequences . . . a miracle. . . . An act of high imagination -- daring and lurid and impossible. Yes, a cartoon of the mind."
— Tim O'Brien (Going After Cacciato)

"restraint equals indulgence"
— Barbara Kingsolver

"You should never look at the cup or glass as being half empty; see it as being half empty, then you will have mastered the test of greatness."
— Barbara Hart (The Lives of Abused and Battered Women)

"It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise"
— Barbara Kingsolver

"'I'm not asking much,' he said. 'Only a miracle. Can you do this?'
Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?'"
— Vittachi

""'I'm not asking much,' he said. 'Only a miracle. Can you do this?'
Wong looked down at the briefing papers in front of him for a moment. Then he looked at Tambi in the eye. 'Miracles we have fifteen per cent extra surcharge. Is it okay?'""
— Nury Vittachi