Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone?The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials. Lin Yutang, O Magazine, October 2002

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Natalie Goldberg, O Magazine, October 2002

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects. J. William Fulbright

Every man is the builder of a temple called his body. Henry David Thoreau, O Magazine, May 2004

We can only learn to love by loving. Iris Murdoch, O Magazine, February 2004

The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich, O Magazine, February 2004

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. M. Scott Peck, O Magazine, February 2004

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. David Viscott, How to Live with Another Person, 1974