“When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.”
“Some days, doing "the best we can" may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.”
“You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.”
“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.”
“Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.”
“We are what we are and nothing we can do will change the way we feel.”