“There are few takers for the quiet heart.”

“I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.”

“I believe the world is divided in three groups: givers, takers and the few that can balance both impulses. Giving and loving is a beautiful thing. It is the currency of compassion and kindness, it is what separates good people from the rest. And without it, the world would be a bleak place. If you are a giver, it is wise to define your boundaries because takers will take what you allow them to; all givers must learn to protect that about themselves or eventually, there is nothing left to give.”

“Few things are hidden from a quiet child with good eyesight.”

“Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.”

“In today’s rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers.”