Sharing the same meal reaffirms kinship.

Shared dining fortifies us.

Things cannot forever go downward. There are limits to everything – even the cold, and the darkness, and the wind, and the dying.

Turn your face to the sun, as flowers know how to do.

Life is a constant series of opportunities. If we don’t reach out for things, if we don’t take advantage of what comes our way, then we cannot be in harmony with the essential nature of life.

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.

We need faith, not because there are beings who will punish us or reward us, but because gods are a wonderful way of describing things that are happening to us.

Death is not an ending. It is a transformation. Death is the threshold of this life. Beyond it is something else, some mystery.

When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake.

Eventually, the time of action must come. When this happens, be a winner! Don’t settle for mediocre results. Don’t try to stay even. Go for it all!