We will design and build communities in which people feel important and uplifted – where growth in human personality, charm and creativity take central place.

He drew a circle that shut me out – Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win. We drew a circle and took him in.

Love’s a fire that needs renewal of fresh beauty for its fuel.

As far back as I can recall, my prayer has been the same: Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

It is also good to love, because love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being, that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.

If you don’t cry at least once a month as an adult, then you are missing out. You are not living life to the full – you are not in touch with the beauty, the mystery, the grandeur of human existence.

Dreams are good but best done with eyes wide open. Love on the other hand is best done with eyes tightly shut.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

Sufi author, teacher and mystic Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee defines Sufism and explains how it’s all about love and the heart. Llewellyn reveals what he believes to be the source of true happiness, and he discusses why it’s difficult for people to embrace the idea of oneness when the world feels so broken.