“If you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite so many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people.”

“Remember what things make you special and embrace those because there are so many things that aren’t on the outside that are so important and people find so beautiful.”

“Sometimes, they wait. Sometimes, you see the dead come in to the harbor, and their old dogs are all along the docks, wagging their tails, for they have waited for their masters and mistresses for many years. You see mothers who have missed their sons. Fathers who had never spoken of love to their children, ready to embrace them as they voyage from the end of life. It shows the lies of this world, you see. We are wrong about so many things here. Mankind has done terrible things, yet we are forgiven.”

“I am stone and steel of your sleeping numbers;I remember all you forget.I will die as many timesas you make me over again.”

“Many people are so poor that the only thing they have is money. Cultivate your spiritual growth.”

“The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth.”