Sue Miller Quotes

Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.

To forgive or not to forgive... are those my only choices?

The life must be a well-balanced life, not lopsided in any manner to bring contentment.

As I walk .. as I walk .. / The universe .. is walking with me .. / Beautifully .. it walks before me .... / Beautifully .. on every side .... / As I walk .. I walk with beauty.

To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Because it is senior year I have begun to see things as potential absences. The things I love will become the things I'll miss.

Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.

Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident.

I think that whatever we encounter in life, we want to encourage a balance between the mind and the soul...and that is to consider about 50% data from the mind and 50% data from the soul. This is what Buddhists call, "the middle way."

These days I live in three worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which trigger memories from the past

Memory is the happiness of being alone.

How you gon' win when you ain't right within. Uh uh come again

Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

We don’t choose between experiences, we choose between memories of experiences. Even when we think about the future, we don’t think of our future normally as experiences. We think of our future as anticipated memories.

But today when I am 17 and warm and well fed, I'm keeping this journal for myself so I can always remember life as we knew it, life as we know it, for a time when I am no longer in the sunroom.

Whole life have balance. Everything be better. Understand?

Self-confidence comes naturally when your inner life and your outer life are in harmony.

If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best.

Peace. That's what salaam means. Peace unto you." The words brought forth an echo from Ender's memory. His mother's voice reading to him softly, when he was very young. ... The kiss, the word, the peace were with him still. I am only what I remember, and Alai is my friend in a memory so intense that they can't tear him out. Like Valentine, the strongest memory of all.

Next to love, balance is the most important thing.

An enlightened person is the richest person possible, but his richness comes from surrender, not from fight. He does not... he has not any conflict with the whole. He has fallen in harmony, he is in a harmonia.

Good thoughts are blessed guests, and should be heartily welcomed, well fed, and much sought after. Like rose leaves, they give out a sweet smell if laid up in the jar of memory.

Neither way is better. / Both ways are necessary. / It is also necessary / To make a choice between them.

Whenever my life came to a halt, the questions would arise: Why? And what next?

The thought of our past years in me doth breed perpetual benedictions.