We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things?[but] there are times when we stop. We sit sill. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves...

We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. Etty Hillesum, O Magazine, October 2002

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin, O Magazine, October 2002

If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness. Julie-Jeanne-Eleonore de Lespinasse, O Magazine, October 2002

Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you. Catherine de Hueck Doherty, O Magazine, October 2002

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance – and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002

The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done. Allard Lowenstein, O Magazine, September 2002

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them. Man Ray, O Magazine, September 2002