“What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish.”

“This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down.”

“A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and a community life through which all its members can grow in their own gift.”

“One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.”

“All little creatures are beautiful… every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter.”

“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead. Most of these people are very immature. They lead "still" lives, waiting.”

“How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.”

“You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.”

“There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.”

“Life is change. If you aren't growing and evolving, you're standing still, and the rest of the world is surging ahead.”