Jo Boniszewski

She was taken by surprise at quite how breathtaking the twinkle in her eyes was. She listened and watched attentively, magnetized. As butterflies danced on her lips, her own stomach felt butterflies.

Your path will unfold as you walk it, step by step, each one a choice. Be mindful of where you put your feet; sometimes you will step on something sharp. This is a lesson; pay attention. Sometimes you will walk on soft green grass and you will stop and stay awhile. Enjoy those moments. Keep your eyes and heart on your destination and discover your way, one step at a time.

Stay with me,’ he said, ‘until the sun goes out, the seas are parched, and the wind draws its last breath.

You sold me a dream and it shattered. I didn’t know how to put it back together again. So instead, I’m lovingly gluing those fragments anew with seams of gold, creating a vibrant new dream, rendering the broken strong and more than ever, breathtakingly beautiful.

The gap that’s opened I’m filling with fairy dust, hues of the heart and a joy for life what was… I invite to exit right quietly, in shades of black and white.

All those moments are alive in us today. We may not visit them anymore, very often, but we carry them in our DNA, our blood, our bones; informing the breadth and beauty of who we now are; our lesson to be lived.

The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.

Our planet is being turned into a filthy and evil-smelling imperialist barrack.

Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Opening amenities are often opening inanities.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.

Think with your whole body.

True irreverence is disrespect for another man’s god.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.